Stars Apart...

Still in the Game
There's no use jumping ahead you end up right where you are
Give as good as you get, everybody in step, all you weapons of war
Come to question in time, maybe you got it all wrong
Do you wake up at night in a sweat?
Is the lie of not good enough gone? Not good enough. Gone
Throw it all away. It all sounds the same
You can make it up again but who do you blame
When you leave yourself in play?
Still in the game
Loathe to decide, you love or you lose
‘Cause every crooked man walks a crooked mile
It’s your burden of proof
Take a long and hard look at the toll that it takes
Do you wake up at night in a sweat?
Does the lie not keep you awake?
Keep you awake
Throw it all away. It all sounds the same
You can make it up again but who do you blame
When you leave yourself in play?
Still in the game
I am open and I am listening
Is that your vision coming through?
Still unopened, boxed and broken
Is that your version of truth?
Throw it all away. It all sounds the same
You can make it up again but who do you blame
If you always find yourself still in the game?
Still in the game

In One Breath
In one breath, the memory of what you said
When it was still dark outside, as you kissed my lips goodbye
In only so many words, but all that you meant I heard
It got me through the day but night is too much to take
‘Cause, I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep
I lose my mind without you
I need you there on your side of the bed.
You know I do
That’s why I’m fine staying up all night
Writing a song to say it doesn’t take long
to start missing you
With each heartbeat, a measure of certainty
The quiet is not so calm, the house not as much a home
Pages of unsung words, how many more to turn
Songs on a sleepless night, how many more to write
‘Cause, I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep
I lose my mind without you
I need you there on your side of the bed.
You know I do
That’s why I’m fine staying up all night
writing a song to say something’s wrong with me, baby
I’m saying I’m just not the same. I go crazy waiting
I lose my mind without you
I need you there on your side of the bed.
You know I do
That’s why I’m fine staying up all night
Writing a song to say it doesn’t take long
Writing a song to say it doesn’t take long
To start missing you

Great Escape
New shirt, new shoes, new you
New habits, values, attitudes and
No friends, no recompense
get dizzy from the latitude
Yeah, they’ll say you’re crazy but
you go your own imaginary way
It’s you and only you
with no one to impersonate and
You might disintegrate or, worse,
You’ll over compensate
But, you can’t go wrong here
It’s the roll that you were born to play
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
Throw out the arguments
In retrospect claim ignorance
And, no disrespect, but
Why pay reverence to dissonance?
And don’t break your silence
‘Cause it’s better than an old cliché
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
Oh, time will tell. It’s just as well
Lemons to lemonade
Live and learn and crash and burn
Run tail between your legs
Life is rough but close enough for
Horseshoes and for hand grenades
It’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You can lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
No more walking in the rain
No more falling way too far
You just lie in bed awake
Nothing tearing you apart
Doesn’t matter who you are
‘Cause you’ll never be the same
That’s your great escape
That’s your great escape
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