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Turn Your Head
03:38
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Moving through the crowd I walk on eggshells
I can spot him laughing as somebody yells
And he tilts his head back at some old joke that Colin told
And I could have sworn he never would have showed
So I stop down by the bar and grab my drink
Yeah I need some fuel to help me sit and think
But all I can remember is what I used to have
And babe I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head
It’s funny how a man can make you weak
With one look it’s like I forgot how to breath
And I can’t believe I’m aching up inside
And thinking man I want him back in my life
And he knows exactly how he makes me feel
It’s like a skip on some old rusty movie reel
And with each go round I fall a little bit harder
Yeah I’d like to think I got a little bit smarter
But I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head
So that whiskey warms me down to my bones
With this confidence I could never be alone
But I’m staring at myself across bar
And all I see’s a girl who’s gone too fucking far
And I dream of busting into that place
With high heels and some makeup on my face
But I grip my stool as I start to feel mad
And all I can think is that I want to turn your head so bad
But I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head so bad
I want to turn your head
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2. |
Just Waiting
02:52
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It’s 10 o’clock on Sunday night
I’m basking in the red streetlight
That illuminates
The empty space
For you
You told me when you’re coming home
But I still don’t like being left alone
Just waiting
Anticipating breaking
Me in two
The tree out back is in full bloom
I try to see it from inside my room
Concealing the entire
Gleaming empire
From view
Glowing diamonds that dot your sky
Slowly but surely intensify
Here they lose the fight
But these city lights
Will do
Each building’s a block of a still life
Teeming with bodies, not one of them’s right
I need that toss of hair
That kind of stare
From you
Soon you’ll be taken through time and space
To meet me in this familiar place
My mind is a cavern
Where memories gather
Like dew
It’s 10 o’clock on Sunday night
I’m all consumed and there’s nothing quite
Like this feeling of
My truest love
For you
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3. |
Supposed to Do
02:29
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I know that this had to end
But every now and then
I wish that we could try again
I wish that we could try again
Remember when we laid in bed
And you held my hand
You said you wished this’d never end
You said you wished this’d never end
And I did what I’m supposed to do
What I was supposed to do
But I’m still without you
But I’m still without you
And I told the truth
Like you asked me to
But I’m still without you
But I’m still without you
D’you know when I look in your eyes
I can see the sky
Both beauty and my own demise
Both beauty and my own demise
With each message that you didn’t send
Felt my heart crumbling
But my love for you could never bend
No my love for you could never bend
And I did what I’m supposed to do
What I was supposed to do
But I’m still without you
Yeah I’m still without you
And I told the truth
Like you asked me to
But I’m still without you
But I’m still without you
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4. |
Run So Hard
03:07
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Yeah I run so hard, run so hard
Thought I’d chase the rain that plagued me from the start
Yeah I run so hard, run so hard
Down that dusty, dirty two-lane boulevard
And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo
If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do
I’d run so hard, run so hard
In a million years I never thought it’d come this far
Run so hard, run so hard
I can see those eyes shining through the jailhouse bars
And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo
If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do
And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo
If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do
Can you justify the taking of another life
Out here in the darkness it’s the only way you know to survive
Walked up to your room, walked up to your room
Saw the pale white face of the waning November moon
Said I’ll be back here soon, I’ll be back here soon
Before you see me coming you will hear that timeless tune
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5. |
Crash on the Highway
02:40
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There's a crash on the highway today
"Nobody's going anywhere" they say
It could be you up there
So you better say your prayers
And take it easy on the narrow way
And we can't make it to our gig on time
So we pull over and we drink some wine
They gotta five car pile-up in Rosenheim
Oh driver take me down the line
Germany has been cold and mean
I wanna get home to New Orleans
Me and my baby all we do is fight
Take me back home to BJ's on a Monday night
They got these two-dollar coins here, man
Some people say this is the promised land
But me, I'm happy in some southern bar
Just in the corner, playing my guitar
Oh there's a crash on the highway today
"Nobody's going anywhere" they say
It could be you up there
So you better say your prayers
And take it easy on the narrow way
All dressed up with nowhere to go
Feeling like the last stand at the Alamo
Man, I ain't got nothing but time
And I got Louisiana on my mind
Oh there's a crash on the highway today
"Nobody's going anywhere" they say
It could be you up there
So you better say your prayers
And take it easy on the narrow way
And take it easy on the narrow way
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6. |
No Stars
03:13
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Everything in time makes sense till it doesn't
I thought it was love till he told me it wasn't
It's cold all alone and he felt just like home
The horizon's too far and there ain't no stars above it
It was just last night he came to sweetly
He said he had given his whole heart completely
But it was not mine to own, I had it on loan
And he said like a caged bird, I need you to free me
He found him a girl who didn't make him feel small
She's strong and she's sure and not like me at all
With her virtues in tact, she ain't holding him back
From a life with a backyard and fine alcohol
I'm lying here feeling like it's judgement day
I hear horns blowing but I choose to stay
I'll pay what I owe to the devil I know
Resigned to my fate to keep the good ones away
Everything in time makes sense till it doesn't
I thought it was love till he told me it wasn't
It's cold all alone and he felt just like home
The horizon's too far and there ain't no stars above it
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7. |
Zeros and Ones
03:54
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Silently speaking in zeros and ones
Heads bowed down like the mind weighs a ton
Engrossed in another world made of silver and chrome
Buzzing and humming like freshly programmed drones
When they pull back it seems that life has returned
Taking in sights and sounds to reaffirm
That indeed we are human of soft flesh and bone
Unique and the same, nuanced and cloned
But the weight presses down, the tapping continues
To find the zeros and ones that haven’t been used
Time slugs alongside us, it watches and shrugs
Taunting we’ll end up like frayed wires and plugs
I’m not cynical though, please know that about me
I think that lines will always blur indefinitely
I accept the uncertain, I don’t know what’s right
But I know not to let the zeros and ones in at night
The weight presses down, the tapping continues
To find those zeros and ones that haven't been used
We lean heavy on this automated crutch
Time taunts us, the ultimate judge
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8. |
What I Remember
04:22
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I could tell you that I’ve missed you
These six months since you went away
I could say I long to kiss you
And wish I’d begged for you to stay
But I’d be lying to say either
The sun’s seemed brighter every day
What I remember
Is empty bottles in the afternoon
And long Decembers
Self medicating by the winter moon
Then you turned on me when springtime came
And your empty life stared back at you
What I remember
What I never can forget
Backhanded compliments
Barbed wire keeping me in check
Did you think that if you weren’t there
My whole life would be a wreck?
So I see you crying, baby
You say you’re lonesome and I can tell
I hear you sighing, baby
And I hope your conscience serves you well
But when you whisper that you miss me
You’d better keep it to yourself
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9. |
It's Up to You
03:14
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It’s up to you, I hate that phrase
it’s lazy and a crutch you’ve used these days
It’s up you to figure out the place
Where we’ll eat dinner and talk face to face
It’s up to you to pick what we hear
You haven’t cared about music in a year
It’s up to you where we walk to now
If you could I know you’d walk right out of town
It’s up to you to pick the movie we see
You sit so close but feel so far away from me
It’s up to you to pick our bed’s quilt
The blanket to cover this home that we’ve built
And it’s up to you to decide when we go
It’s been four long years and there’s not much to show
Now I know it’s up to me to make a new start
To pick myself up and brush off the pieces of my very own, my very broken heart
Now I know it’s up to me to make a new start
To brush myself off and pick up the pieces of my very own, my very broken heart
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10. |
Romance Begins
03:42
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You could buy me flowers
You could take me dancing
Take me on a trip for two
Or dine in some place fancy
But darling don’t you know
The most ordinary day we’re in
One look from you could melt my heart
And that’s where the romance begins
We could fly to Paris
Hold hands by the Eiffel tower
Stroll along the Tuileries
And kiss in a light sun shower
But darling don’t you know
The most ordinary day we’re in
One look from you could melt my heart
And that’s where the romance begins
It could be so dreadfully mundane
An afternoon of work and coffee stains
But knowing I can talk with you at the end of each day
Is a beautiful thing
But darling don’t you know
The most ordinary day we’re in
One look from you could melt my heart
And that’s where the romance begins
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11. |
P.P.O.P.
02:34
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It was a bright clear night
With sparkling stars in the sky
Not a care on our minds,
My brother, sister and I
But sometimes accidents can happen
In the quick blink of an eye
We heard the glass fall on the patio
And the whole town heard our cry
Why why PPOP
Why would you leave us so lonely
After all the good times you were our one and only
Bye bye PPOP
There was nothing left for us to do
But hang our heads and sigh
We reminisced about our time with you
And we joined our hands to say goodbye
Why why PPOP
Why would you leave us so lonely
After all the good times you were our one and only
Bye bye PPOP
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12. |
Fruits of My Labor
04:34
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Baby, see how I've been living
Velvet curtains on the windows to
Keep the bright and unforgiving
Light from shining through
Baby, I remember all the things we did
When we slept together
In the blue behind your eyelids
Baby, sweet baby
Traced your scent through the gloom
'Til I found these purple flowers
I was spent, I was soon smelling you for hours
Lavender, lotus blossoms too
Water the dirt, flowers last for you
Baby, sweet baby
Tangerines and persimmons
And sugarcane
Grapes and honeydew melon
Enough fit for a queen
Lemon trees don't make a sound
'Til branches bend and fruit falls to the ground
Baby, sweet baby
Come to my world and witness
The way things have changed
'Cause I finally did it, baby
I got out of La Grange
Got in my Mercury and drove out west
Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test
Baby, sweet baby
I've been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor
I've been cryin' for you boy but truth is my savior
Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same
Take the glory any day over the fame
Baby, sweet baby
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