Johnathan Rice - Further North (2007) by Johnathan Rice (보컬) on maniadb.com

Well I took a camera on vacation
To fit miami in a frame
She didn't mind, she blew me kisses
Said, "well what's your name?"

I plan my dinner at the hotel
But then my dinner plans got wrecked
An investment banker started something
So i broke his neck

We're all stuck out in the desert
And we're gonna die
Wipe that sand and salt
From your blistering eyes

Well the polygraph needles were jumpin
And my conscience edward fell asleep
I can't trust myself to tell the secrets
I was told to keep

The fastest jackalope in texas
He started runnin outta luck
Bit by a snake
Then he got hit by jimmy's semi-truck

We're all stuck out in the desert
And we're gonna die
Wipe that sand and salt
From your blistering eyes

Well i know sometimes i get distracted
America's so big and wide
With her long white fingers she says
"hush, i'm not the marrying kind"

My mind moves faster when i'm walkin
My baby shoes are dipped in bronze
I don't give a shit, she calls the shots
That's how we get along

We're all stuck out in the desert
And we're gonna die
Wipe that sand and salt
From your blistering eyes

Well we all gonna see a great empire
Cut down in its prime
See its fruit die on the vine
In prime time color time

And there are millions in this world that mercy will not touch,
But they don't mind that much
Cause that's the way life's always been

But you don't wanna hear 'bout that from me,
I know, I know my place
And God know I don't belong
Singing a worthless freedom song

It's all a waste of time
It's all a waste of time

The pretty girl who lives next door,
She don't know how to lie
When I look into her eyes,
I can see the day I'm gonna die

All that water flows through the cracks and holes in the silver reservoir
Where your never truly far,
From someone who's exactly like you

It's all a waste of time
It's all a waste of time

Rock 'n' Roll makes me feel guilty
I've got no defense
My sadness makes no sense
I'm gettin' rich and I'm makin' new friends

All I've found is it gets colder further north you go
It's pissin' rain and snow
It's the world I don't want to know

It's all a waste of time
It's all a waste of time

You take it from me
You leave it behind
Ah, you take it from me
You leave it behind
Ah, you take if from me
You leave it behind

So, honey
It's the end of the affair
It's the end of the affair
And I don't care

So, Sugar,
Been a long hot dirty year
My dear

You've got all your problems, I've got mine
My hands are tied behind me
All I ever do is waste your time
I don't believe it's true

It ain't right
It ain't right

I want you
To leave me alone
Just leave me the hell alone
On my own

Why won't you
Lie and let it lay,
Let this dog have it's day, anyway?

You've got all your problems, I've got mine
My hands are tied behind me
All I ever do is waste your time
I don't believe it's true

It ain't right
It ain't right
It ain't right
Right
Right
Right

We're driving through the canyons
Singing songs from the sixties
The telephone rang, she said,
"Babe, do you miss me?"
And ain't it a shame not to love the one you're with

Well she spoke with the prettiest mouth
And she scorned me
She sharpened her teeth and flashed them to warn me
That ain't it a shame when you hate the one you loved

Well, it couldn't be me
No, it couldn't be me
No, they're not in your dreams
He don't look a thing like me

Well I dated a rich girl
With a mother of pearl
Who paid rent in her high rise
The weight of the world
And ain't it a shame when you're exchangin' all your brand new gifts

Well after a night on the floor,
She put the chain on her door
I'd worn out my welcome
I guess she got bored
She laid her on my brother
And laid him across my bed

No, it couldn't be me
No, it couldn't be me
No, they're not in your dreams
He don't look a thing like me

Well it sounds like rain
And here that's a rare thing
Out here in the desert,
I'm stealing my water
From a hole in a mountain that flows to the affordable homes
And from the faucet it drips
And I'll clean up the messes
The others have left us
Well I think they've blessed us
There's a chain on my door
But I'm in love with the one I'm with

And it couldn't be me
No, it couldn't be me
No, they're not in your dreams
He don't look a thing like me
Well it couldn't be me
No, it couldn't be me
No, they're not in your dreams
He don't look a thing like me

Jimmy left New York for California
The east river wind blew him on his way
Past the cracked concrete through the sky he scraped
Said if you live like a ghost you don't leave no trace
He stood on the edge of the big black ocean
If you lean too close you can fall right in
And a man he met said that California was sinking
That he was standing on the edge of the earth

It may be hard, hard to believe

Before it all falls in I wanna make my mark
Before I go swimming with them Great White Sharks
I wanna walk this land with a pick and a pan
I don't believe the gold rush is over
The man said boy you got some big ideas
You better make some room for the raging seas
Soon you'll have salt water up to your ears
You'll take one last breath and go under
It may be hard, hard to believe

He wanted to find out how much he was worth
He wanted to leave a scar on the face of the earth
But the tricks of the trade made a fool out of him
Once a man eats well he gets hungry again
And it's a hell of a day when you realize
The people you despise are keeping you alive
And you search down your soul
But you don't have the guts
To look into that mirror and admit that you're fucked.

It may be hard, hard to believe.
It may be hard, hard to believe.

It is best to keep it all inside
When the quicksand fills your boots and rises past your eyes
It is better to die suffocating and choking on your pride
It is best to keep it all inside

When she's telling you that you're no good
And that you'll never be much more than some fool carved out of wood
It's best to kill her with your kindness while you're sleeping in her bed
It is best to keep it all inside

It is never too late to come home
You will always have your box in your room
Where your momma lays your clothes out
And she leaves you where you lie
It is best to keep it all inside

When it's good it's really good
When there's fruit up on the table and she treats you like she should
There's no need to get excited let your heels click on the floor
It is best to keep it all inside
It is best to keep it all inside