Lyrics du Jour

Friday, February 23, 2007

The Weight -- Aaron Pritchett

A whole bunch of meaningless lyrics, followed by...

Crazy Chester followed me,
and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rags,
if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester,
you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy,
won't you feed him when you can."

Take a load off Anny,
Take a load for free;
Take a load off Anny,
And you can put the load right on me.

More lyrics that nobody cares about.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing -- Jack Johnson

Well I was sitting, waiting, wishing
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
The Lord knows that this world is cruel
I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
Learning lovin' somebody don't make them love you

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool

I sang your songs, I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
But putting up with them
Wasn't worth never having you
Maybe you've been through this before
But it's my first time so please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you

I can't always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool
I keep playing your part
But it's not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I've had enough mystery
Keep building it up
Then shooting me down
But I'm already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting

Well, if I was in your position
I'd put down all my ammunition
I'd wonder why'd it taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And if I was, I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waitin' on love ain't so easy to do

Must I always be waiting, waiting on you
Must I always be playing, playing your fool
No, I can't I always be waiting, waiting on you
I can't always be playing, playing your fool

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Settlin' -- Sugarland

Fifteen minutes left to throw me together
For mister right now, not mister forever
Don't know why I even try when I know how it ends
Looking like another "maybe we could be friends"
I've been leaving it up to fate
It's my life so it's mine to make

I ain't settling for just getting by
I've had enough so so for the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high
Just enough ain't enough this time
I ain't settling for anything less than everything, yeah

With some good red wine and my brand new shoes
Gonna dance a blue streak around my living room
Take a chance on love and try how it feels
With my heart wide open now you know I will
Find what it means to be the girl
Change her mind and change her world

I ain't settling for just getting by
I've had enough so so for the rest of my life

Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high
Just enough ain't enough this time

I ain't settling for anything less than everything

Thursday, February 08, 2007

I'd Rather Be Lucky -- Brad Johner

My old man worked hard all his life
Never had that much to show
Next door neighbour bought a lottery ticket
Now he's rolling in that powerball dough

Our home town queen had the guys all line up
With diamonds, Devilles and degrees
We'll who'd have ever thought that she'd run off
With a guitar player like me

Hard work never hurt nobody
But I'd rather be lucky
Hard work never hurt nobody
But I'd rather be lucky

I never had nothing turn out like I planned
Fate deals the cards and I play the hand

Well it's a good day when your buddy buys lunch
And every light you hit turns green
And your girlfriend cant keep her hands off you
If you know what I mean

Hard work never hurt nobody
But I'd rather be lucky
Hard work never hurt nobody
But I'd rather be lucky

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Long Trip Alone -- Dierks Bentley

It's a long trip alone over sand and stone
That lie along the road that we all must travel down

So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Everybody stumbles sometimes and needs a hand to hold
'Cause it's a long trip alone

It's a short piece of time but just enough to find
A little peace of mind under the sun somewhere

So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
You know we can't afford to let one moment pass us by
'Cause it's a short piece of time

And I don't know where I'd be without you here
'Cause I'm not really me without you there

Yea Yeah
Hallelujah hallelujah oh

So maybe you could walk with me a while
Maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Everybody stumbles sometimes and needs a hand to hold

So maybe you could walk with me a while
Maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Maybe I could feel right beside you 'til I'm home
'Cause it's a long trip alone