What to Do

You held me down with those blue eyes
In the terminal it was to my surprise
That you stopped me, that’s never happened before
And all my words caught in my throat
Should I stay, or should I go?
My cheeks turned red, and that’s happened before. A lot

Tell her, tell her what you see
Ok, I’ll tell her what this could be
Is it too soon?
Probably
You know that she’ll think I’m crazy
If I tell her, tell her what I’m thinking
Tell her, tell her, tell her, tell her
Or don’t
But you should

What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love like I always do
What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love like I always do

Did you see me, when I saw you?
Well is this love too good to be true?
What’s life without loving somebody? It’s nothing at all
At all

What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love like I always do
What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love

Well Megan’s gone, and Sydney’s off, and Katherine’s down the coast
And usually, well always, the loss is all my fault
You live, you learn, you lose yourself somewhere along the road
In Carolina
But I head south to save your soul

What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love like I always do
What to do? What to do?
Which words should I choose?
I don’t want to lose, I don’t want to lose
This love, this love, this love
Like I always do

Olivia

I see Olivia in the fire and the flood
I see Olivia just watching from above
I see Olivia I’m her diamond in the rough
And I’ll be there in the morning if she comes
And there’s nothing I could ever do, to save me from the truth
Oh I’m in love

I see Olivia throw her hands up in the air
I see Olivia twirl around like she don’t care
I see Olivia just dancing like she does
And I’ll be there in the morning if she comes
And there’s nothing I could ever do, to save me from the truth
Oh I’m in love

And any boy could give you all his love
But you don’t know the things that I’m made of
I’ll get upon my knee and treat you like a lady wants
There’s a difference between lust and love

I see Olivia as she walks across that floor
I see Olivia and I want her through the door
I see Olivia and I’m drowning in her flood
And I’ll be there in the morning if she comes
And there’s nothing I could ever do, to save me from the truth
Oh I’m in love

And any boy could give you all his love
But you don’t know the things that I’m made of
I’ll get upon my knee and treat you like a lady wants
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love

And any boy could give you all his love (alright now)
And you don’t know the things that I’m made of (oh yeah)
I’ll get upon my knee and treat you like a lady wants (I told you love, you did)
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love
There’s a difference between lust and love

According to Me

Let me tell you ‘bout a dream I have each night
My house is filled, a fire is burning
Outside lights are strung and every chorus is sung
With some strangers I treat like my own flesh and blood
Time is old but the night is young
When two brothers walk in and we all start singing along
I’m at home in the heart of the crowd
I get on a table, tell them all to sing louder now

I know what’s real to me
I don’t care if I live in a dream
I know me and all I could be
I live my life according to me

Everyone is swaying along
It’s my time to shine and sing my own song
I’ll be me and then I’ll be free
I could be the king of England for all they think
And I know no one knows who I am right now
But one day I’ll be the man
What’s a life worth living for if you don’t have dreams
Behind an unopened door?

I know what’s real to me
I don’t care if I live in a dream
I know me and all I could be
I live my life according to me

You’re too young to know what you want
And I’m too young to know what you’re not
So forget the words, let’s just get lost in our thoughts
There’s too much to say and not enough time in our days
And I know, I know, I know , I don’t know best
And I know, I know, I know, you will regret
That you didn’t play a part in my dreams
So farewell to you right now, goodbye
Cause like those brothers said
One of you had to go, far away

I know what’s real to me
I don’t care if I live in a dream
I know me and all I could be
I live my life according to me

Alive 75

There’s a girl from the past in the back there she stays
Hidden in slumber for those rainy days
I don’t want her around, she don’t care what I’ll say
Here love is the master, my heart is it’s slave

Run wild, run free, run rampant all day
Through dales of Westchester and hills of Raleigh
Run wild, run free, just roam as you may
You’re how I was born, not how I’ll remain

So go, go, go far from me
Take the road to the left and don’t return please
Cause the ghost, the ghost, the ghost, the ghost, the ghost
That you bring
Oh it haunts me before and it’s high time it leaves

There’s a girl from the past in the back there she stays
Hidden in slumber for those rainy days
I don’t want her around, I don’t care what she’ll say
Her love was the master and now I’ve broke free

All Men Must

Oh Savannah won’t you take me to your home
Where the king’s land and the gold is in the street
Dany girl, flesh of this world
The fire from your belly will it breathe

Oh I swear it
By the old and the new
When the day is done
And winter’s end’s begun
Darling I’ll be coming home with you

Johnny boy, watched by the wall
The other boys knifed you to your knees
So hold the door, but don’t wait for me
I’ll see you on the other side in peace

Oh I swear it
By the old and the new
When the day is done
And winter’s end’s begun
Darling I’ll be coming home with you

So west I go back to my home
A needle in my hand to make men pay
Always watching, and I know his name
And all I have to say is not today

Oh I swear it
By the old and the new
When the day is done
And winter’s end’s begun
Darling I’ll be coming home with you

Do you feel it coming in again?
Will you tell me how to handle it?
Do you know me?
Can you show me how to fix this heart that is lonely?
Do you know me?
Can you show me how to fix this heart that is lonely?
Can you show me the way back home?
Can you give me the ones I know?
Can you show me the way back home?
Can you give me the ones I know?

Cavalry

Way down on the edge of town
A young man waits and the old ones stand around
There’s a face I used to know
But the shadow of him outcasts my soul
And I know that I know this place
Still I feel like I’m trapped in an old dark cave
And I’m ready to run through the end of the night
If you’re waiting for me

Do you remember those nights we would howl at the moon?
Do you recall those memories the way I do?
Do you remember anything from when we were free?
Do you recall those memories?
You know I do

Way down on the edge of town
My only friends still fly around
Though their faces and ages have changed
When I think their names the memories remain
In a minute all I knew was gone
My body flies around as I watch from afar
And we went to the edge of the earth
We’re not coming back again

Do you remember those nights we would howl at the moon?
Do you recall those memories the way I do?
Do you remember anything from when we were free?
Do you recall those memories?
You know I do

Bring me back to the cavalry
Alone in the field and all I see
Is a town from the past
Where a friend and a laugh is all I need
Let me go and let me be
But don’t let go of those memories
From when you were you
And I was me
And we were we

Way down on the edge of town
My friends have gone and I’m all but worn out
I’m alone in the snow, my soul it shows
Through a light up ahead
And I know that I know this place
But I’m no longer trapped in that old dark cave
And I feel my feet lift off the ground
And I’m flying around

Do you remember those nights we would howl at the moon?
Do you recall those memories the way I do?
Do you remember anything from when we were free?
Do you recall those memories?
You know I do

Enjoy the Ride

I bought a bus with my friends
Colored it green and drove it down
All the way to Tennessee
And it was hot and it was cramped
The air was broken it was damp
I recall this vividly
But there’s no place I’d rather be
Than with my friends feeling free
In that van, living in the moment
Laughing praying none of this will change

And in that bus with my friends
We got lost along the way
Right outside of New Orleans
I got mad that we were late
To our Manchester place
Until I found my friends laughing
They said
“It’s not about where we’re going,
Or how long it takes to get us there.
The point of life is to live the little moments
Be they good or bad, you never get them back.”

There’s no place I’d rather be
Than with my friends feeling free
In that van, living in the moment
Laughing praying none of this will change
But it always does
Please don’t forget to live in the moment
Enjoy the ride, while you can

Because We Had To

Well you were wrong about the way
You said my memory would change
Day after day, you claimed
I’d find it inside of me to grow
Away from the pain
And the shame and the guilt
And the questions
Wondering what did I do wrong
To you, to decide it was time to go

Because we had to
Because I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And we’d still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all

The way that the night came down
You were alone in your room
With somebody else
But you were too big, and bold in my eyes
And I was to cowardly to call all your lies
Well I didn’t know not telling the truth
Would cost me my soul, and most of my youth
So with you I stayed in spite of myself
And I don’t know why

Because we had to
Because I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And we’d still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all

Why would you roam when you knew
That I’d always be coming back home, alone, to you?
You knew that I never, ever, ever, ever
Would have done that to you
Still you did

Because you had to
But still I tried the best that I could
To have and to hold you
In the way I knew that I should
And we’d still be breathing darling
If I did the little you asked of me
But I couldn’t, so now we’re nothing at all

And when we were younger
And our hearts outpaced our wits
It was better and I preferred to live in the ignorance
In the bubble that you built with a fake facade
In the guise of another
Well you sold lies and I bought them all

White

I was drowning in the midnight madness
When you came home round to me
Well I couldn’t see it clear but you weren’t there
You were deadlocked in your dreams
In your off-white leather chair
No tourniquet repair
Would you love me more if I swore by the stars
That I would never leave

I could tell you what you’re running from
But I’d lie right through my teeth love
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go
I said I’d never lie love
So don’t ask me what I’m thinking of
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go

I was drowning in the midnight madness
When you came home round to me
Well I couldn’t see it clear but you weren’t there
You were deadlocked in your dreams
In your off-white leather chair
No tourniquet repair
Could you love me more if I swore by the stars
That I would never leave

I could tell you what you’re running from
But I’d lie right through my teeth love
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go
I said I’d never lie love
So don’t ask me what I’m thinking of
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go

I could never lay you down in the midnight rambles
The outskirts of this town
I could never let you go
When you come around here with your old pure soul
And home, is where I’ll be when the end comes near
And home, is where I’ll go when you come around here

I could tell you what you’re running from
But I’d lie right through my teeth love
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go
And I said I’d never lie love
So don’t ask me what I’m thinking of
Cause I don’t know where I’m headed
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ll go

Hold My Love

Scream out, breath in those mounting winds
Just biting at your skin
Followed by frolics in the field
With an old forgotten friend
Hold my love dear
Say where you’re coming from
Hold my love dear
Before the deed is done

You’ll break in just wrapped around your sin
And hold me gentle, and hold me in
And I’ll break down and I’ll give in
And hold you gentle, and hold you in
And I’ll see you and you’ll see me
Burning slowly in the midnight dream
Let me know when you’re coming around here
For real

Reach out for memories, just echoes
Of an old forgotten dream
Chase out the shadows and demons
Just trailing at your feet
Hold my love dear
You’ll find no peace here
Hold my love dea
Oh not this year

You’ll break in just wrapped around your sin
And hold me gentle, and hold me in
And I’ll break down and I’ll give in
And hold you gentle, and hold you in
And I’ll see you and you’ll see me
Burning slowly in the midnight dream
Let me know when you’re coming around here
For real

Only you know where I’ve been
Only you’ve seen what I’ve seen
Only you know where I’ve been
And only you’ve seen what I’ve seen

You’ll break in just wrapped around your sin
And hold me gentle, and hold me in
And I’ll break down and I’ll give in
And hold you gentle, and hold you in
And I’ll see you and you’ll see me
Burning slowly in the midnight dream
Let me know when you’re coming around here for real
Let me know when you’re coming around here
For real

The Sea Song

Scream out breathe in those mounting winds
Just biting at your skin
Followed by frolics in the field
With an old forgotten friend

Say where you’re coming from
The foreigner’s deed is done

Oh I, I cannot forget
The truth that’s wrapped around our neck
Oh I, I cannot forget
The truth you wrapped around our neck

Reach out for memories just echoes of an old forgotten dream
Chase out the shadows and the demons just trailing at your feet
You’ll find no peace here
Oh not with me my dear

Oh I, I cannot forget
The truth you wrapped around our necks
Oh I, I cannot forget
The truth you wrapped around our necks

Hi There, Hello

I’ve been down to San Antone
And it’s where I sold my soul
And I’ve been back, a time or two
And there’s things that I won’t do

I remember everything
From back when we were young
When what you said
Was what you did
Can it be that way again?

I can’t help but tell you this
That there’s days that I do miss

Back down the road we were told
There was a home that we used to know

Come on love take me back, take me down
Take me down to the alley way
Where we first met
In the midnight sweats
Oh Lord just give me soul
Give me heart
Give me all you’ve got
Take me back to the start
Take me back to when we were young
Give me one more night

Back down the road we were told
There was a home that we used to know
Back down the road we were told
That Mother Mary saved our souls

Hi there, hello
Won’t you come around
Take me back down to the alleyway
Where we roam?

Hi there, hello
Won’t you take me back, take me back
Where’ve you been?

Oh Lord sing back
Oh Lord sing back

Give me a Coca-cola and The Avett Brothers
On the radio

Alcatraz

I’m busting out of this place tonight
I’m heading out to start my life
If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you twice
There’s more to me than black and white

Guardian watch over me
Keep me safe and set me free
I could spend 300 years
And still not know how I got here

A suit of black, a suit of white
I’ll slip off quick into the night
Spotlight shining down on me
Cross that field and I’ll be free

Oh my my I’m innocent
And oh for me there’s no question
Oh hey hey oh come on down
Come on down and set me free

Send me on my way
Alcatraz is a lonely place in
San Francisco’s bay
At midnight darling, we’ll make our escape (x2)

There’s a light ahead of me
And oh my god I’m going free
Can you see it?
And you can’t run, and you can’t hide (x2)
Send me on my way (x8)