Ian Matthews - Valley Hi/ Some Days You Eat The Bear (2005) by Ian Matthews (보컬) on maniadb.com

Matthews

There's an omen in the sky today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
I could always say I told you so
Though I know you didn't try.

There's a spirit in the wind today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
Brother, can you feel
Deja vu goin' on through your bones ?

I know the number
You can't make it on your own
And I saw the thunder
It fell down on the way home.

There's a Carolina moon today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
More the reason be your fadin' now
But you'll be back again someday.

There's an omen in the sky today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
I could always say I told you so
Though I know you didn't try.

Traditional

Same old man workin' at the mill
Mill turns around of its own free will
Hand in the hopper and the other in a sack
Ladies step forward and the gents fall back.

'Down' - said the owl, his head all white
'Lonesome day and a lonesome night'
'Thought I heard a pretty girl say'
'Work all night and sleep next day'.

Same old man workin' at the mill
Mill turns around of its own free will
Hand in the hopper and the other in a sack
Ladies step forward and the gents fall back.

'My' - said raven as she flew
'If I was a young man, I'd have two'
'One for to watch and the other for to sew'
'I'd have a little string for my bow, bow, bow'.

Same old man workin' at the mill
Mill turns around of its own free will
Hand in the hopper and the other in a sack
Ladies step forward and the gents fall back.

My old man's in Kalamazoo
He don't wear no 'yes I do'
First to the left and then to the right
This old mill grinds day and night.

Same old man workin' at the mill
Mill turns around of its own free will
Hand in the hopper and the other in a sack
Ladies step forward and the gents fall back.

Thompson

If you've handed me one
You've handed me a thousand shady lies
If I needed someone
I found someone to cut me down to size
With every word you say
I'm learnin' every day
And you keep handin' me
These shady, shady lies.

Don't you want me to be
Someone you can lean on when you're down ?
Don't you want me to be
Waitin' when you turn your head around ?

I think I must be mad
I think that I've been had
'Cause you keep handin' me
These shady, shady lies
You're hidin' your smile for the last time
Don't mention my name when I'm gone
If you've handed me one
You've handed me a thousand shady lies.

Don't you want me to be
Someone you can lean on when you're down ?
Don't you want me to be
Waitin' when you turn your head around ?

Browne

Well I've been out walkin'
I don't do that much talkin'
These days, these days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I've had the chance to.

And I've stopped my ramblin'
Now I don't do that much gamblin'
These days, these days
These days I seem to think about
How all these changes came about my way
And I wonder if I'll see another highway.

And I had a lover
But it's so hard to risk another
These days, these days
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losin' for so long.

So I'll stop my dreamin'
And I don't do that much schemin'
These days, these days
These days I sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Please don't comfront me with my failures
For I have not forgotten them.

Matthews

Been a man that's been around, I been around a long time
I've seen a lot of people go, I've seen a lot of your kind
If you want to run around and you're out on your own
'Cause I know what I'm doin' now, leavin' alone.

Once I had a southern girl in mind for my wife
At a time of innocence, at a time in my life
But I know that what I'm sayin' now was a long time ago
I lost touch with my southern girl, I'm leavin' alone.

Starting here, you're gonna be second to none
Don't see why I got to be leavin' alone.

Caroline she came to me right out of the blue
Sittin' in a coffee house, coming down from the show
She told me how I had a charm all of my own
Caroline, get away from here, I'm leavin' alone.

Matthews

Been a man that's been around, I been around a long time
I've seen a lot of people go, I've seen a lot of your kind
If you want to run around and you're out on your own
'Cause I know what I'm doin' now, leavin' alone.

Once I had a southern girl in mind for my wife
At a time of innocence, at a time in my life
But I know that what I'm sayin' now was a long time ago
I lost touch with my southern girl, I'm leavin' alone.

Starting here, you're gonna be second to none
Don't see why I got to be leavin' alone.

Caroline she came to me right out of the blue
Sittin' in a coffee house, coming down from the show
She told me how I had a charm all of my own
Caroline, get away from here, I'm leavin' alone.

Matthews

Where's the point in us bringin' the doctor in here ?
Where's the sense in you holdin' my arm ?
Where's the smile when my funny irregular scene works the charm ?
Where's the end if we can't find a place to begin ?
Where's the money ? I've done what you said
Where's the need for my face in this Albion race up ahead ?

Take your mind off the life we've been tearin' apart
Take the weight off your feet, take a few
Take your time to align all the factors in favour of you
Take the summer's gone by and get used to it
Take the safest conclusion you find
Take a look on my face in this Albion race of a kind.

Save a thought for the secret we had
Now it's gone and there's nothin' to say, say goodbye
Why not save yourself time and
We'll cancel the truth with a lie.

Save the thought for the soul waitin' next in line
Save your sorrows, there's interest assured
Save the time and the place and whole human race.

Nesmith

I've known for a long time the kind of girl you are
Of a smile that covers teardrops, the way your head yields to your heart
Of things you've kept inside that most girls couldn't bear
I've known you for a long time but I've just begun to care.

I've known of all the heartaches and I've known of all the pain
And I've seen you when the sun shines and I've seen you when it rains
I've seen you make a look of love from just an icy stare
I've known you for a long time but I've just begun to care.

I know I've been blind to not have loved you all this time
But the image of you was not clear, I guess I was standin' too near.

It's taken me a while now but I've finally found
Just what you are to me and that's what really counts
'Cause what you are to me is something we can share
I've known you for a long time but I've just begun to care.

I've known of all the heartaches and I've known of all the pain
And I've seen you when the sun shines and I've seen you when it rains
I've seen you make a look of love from just an icy stare
I've known you for a long time but I've just begun to care.

Gibson

It's been a blue blue day, I feel like runnin' away
I feel like runnin' away from it all
My woman's been untrue
She's gone and found somebody new
It's been a blue blue day for me.

I feel like cryin', sighin', what can I do ?
I feel like prayin', sayin', I'm glad we're through.

It's been a blue blue day, I feel like runnin' away
I feel like runnin' away from it all
My woman's been untrue
She's gone and found somebody new
It's been a blue blue day for me.

I feel like cryin', sighin', what can I do ?
I feel like prayin', sayin', I'm glad we're through.

It's been a blue blue day, I feel like runnin' away
I feel like runnin' away from the blues
I feel like runnin' away from the blues.

Waits

Well my time went so quickly
I went lickety splitly
Out to my ol' '55
As I pulled away slowly
And feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive.

Now the sun's coming up
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer
Oh Lord, the feeling's getting stronger.

Well it's six in the morning
She gave me no warnin'
I had to be on my way
Now there's trucks all a-passin' me
And lights all a-flashin'
I'm on my way home from your place.

Now the sun's coming up
I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a-wishing I'd stayed a little longer
Oh Lord, the feeling's getting stronger.

Now the sun's coming up
And I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Freeway cars and trucks.

Now the sun's coming up
And I'm ridin' with Lady Luck
Freeway cars and trucks
Freeway cars and trucks.

Whitten

I can tell by your eyes you've probably been cryin' forever
And the stars in the sky don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror.

And I don't wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, oh my heart ?

If I stand all alone, can the shadow hide the colour of my dreams ?
Blue the tears, black the nights we're apart
And the stars don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror.

And I don't wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, oh my heart ?

And I don't wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart, oh my heart ?
Oh my heart.

I can tell by your eyes you've probably been cryin' forever.

Matthews

There's an omen in the sky today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
I could always say I told you so
Though I know you didn't try.

There's a spirit in the wind today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
Brother, can you feel
Deja vu goin' on through your bones ?

I know the number
You can't make it on your own
And I saw the thunder
It fell down on the way home.

There's a Carolina moon today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
More the reason be your fadin' now
But you'll be back again someday.

There's an omen in the sky today
Keep on, keep on sailin'
I could always say I told you so
Though I know you didn't try.

Clark

I stopped a while this morning on my way back home
I had to realize this time that I'd be all alone
Oh she's moving somewhere, far away not slow
You know I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go.

And even though this time, it really hurts me bad
I've been through similarities, it's not the worst break I've had
And I just can't let it bring me down this low
You know I tried so hard to please her
There must be something more to know.

I never thought that we would find our end this way
It seemed like everything was going fine
But still with all the things that I could do or say
It won't change the fate, I know so well is mine.

And so I stop again and look right past the plain
You know I've been in love before and I can love again
But I just can't let it bring me down this low
You know I tried so hard to please her
There must be something more to know.

I stopped a while this morning on my way back home
I had to realize this time that I'd be all alone
Oh she's moving somewhere, far away not slow
You know I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go.

Lagen-Becker

Times are hard, you're afraid to pay the fee
So you find yourself somebody who can do the job for free
When you need a little loving 'cause your man is out of town
That's the time you get me running and you know I'll be around.

And I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah
And I don't wanna do your dirty work no more
I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah, yeah.

Light the candle, put the lock upon the door
You have sent the maid home early, like so many times before
Like the castle and his corner in some medieval game
I foresee terrible troubles and I stay here just the same.

And I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah
And I don't wanna do your dirty work no more
I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah, yeah.

And I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah
And I don't wanna do your dirty work no more
And I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah
And I don't wanna do your dirty work no more
And I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah
And I don't wanna do your dirty work no more.

Matthews

Just another morning as the day flew by
I thought I saw tomorrow, thought I heard it cry
Guess I'm just reflecting off this cloudy sky
And it's time that I went home.

Everybody tellin' me I'm almost done
Think I'm runnin' dry, then there's another one
Still I can't turn backwards, now I'm on the run
And it's time that I went home.

It's a reasonable slip to forget yourself at all
Only to find your face against the wall.

Rushing, I'm not rushing, I know where to go
Look about an hustle with the steady flow
Maybe that's the reason I'm a one man show
And it's time that I went home.

Brothers, I've got brothers, maybe three or four
And I could be there with them, it's a brothers war
But I'm the one who left and said he wanted more
And I wish I'd gone back home.

Winchester

Down around Biloxi, pretty girls are swimming in the sea
Oh they look like sisters in the ocean
The boy will fill his pail with salted water
And the storms will blow from off toward New Orleans.

The sun shines on Biloxi, the air is filled with vapors from the sea
The boy will dig a pool beside the ocean
He sees creatures from a dream on the water
And the sun will set from off toward New Orleans.

Stars can see Biloxi, stars can find their faces in the sea
We are walking in the evening by the ocean
We are splashing naked in the water
And the sky is red from off toward New Orleans.

Matthews

Way out there, through windows on storms
She comes to bear
It's been years now when she comes along
And I'm not there
Oh how will she fare ?
Oh how will she fare ?

People and places, they're all in my head
And the sailboat ride
Ripples across the water are fed
And we both survived
Oh my, the pride
Oh my ..

The pride of love is in you now
And so deep down inside
And words are flying from you now
And you tried, you tried and tried and tried.

Way out there, through windows on storms
She comes to bear
It's been years now when she comes along
And I'm not there
Oh how will she fare ?
Oh how will she fare ?