1. |
Lost
04:26
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LOST
Been down so long it seems like years.
I wanna get up and out of here.
Got things to do and places to go…
Got my girl here and she just wants to know
Why ten thousand polygraph tests
Haven’t proved anything yet.
I’m trying, trying – baby, I‘m not lying.
I can’t pretend that nothing’s wrong
My body’s weak, my mind is strong.
It ain’t my fault I’m falling apart
Ain’t my fault and I plan a new start and
I’m trying, trying, trying to get back to living here
But it’s been a long, long day dear and
Somehow, I got Lost on my way back to you
Well, you know I didn’t mean to and
So much time’s been Lost on my way back to you
Well, you know I didn’t mean to.
There are times when I look at you and you don’t know what to say
Except hang in there, you’re doing fine and tomorrow’s another day
So I close my eyes
And I look inside
I’m trying, trying, trying to keep from dying here
But it’s been a long, long day dear.
Somehow, I got Lost on my way back to you
Well, you know I didn’t mean to and
So much time’s been Lost on my way back to you
Well, you know I didn’t mean to.
Words & Music: L. Mathews
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2. |
So Much
03:33
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SO MUCH
I should’ve learned by now but the lessons never stick.
I keep thinking you’ll love me more if I give you everything
But there you go dragging me down, saying this won’t work
And for the hundred thousandth time I’m feeling like a jerk.
Hey, hey, hey – whatcha doing?
You’re screwing everything up.
Don’t you know it’s true when
I say I love you So Much
So Much.
There’s really nothing left where hopes and dreams should be…
Just me and a couple of cats, and repeating final scenes.
And I know I deserve much more but I always settle for less –
Find myself on the floor, buried in this mess.
Hey, hey, hey – whatcha doing?
You’re screwing everything up.
Don’t you know it’s true when
I say I love you So Much
So Much for love
So Much for love
So Much for love
So Much for love.
You walk away –
I’ve had enough.
Nothing to say
I’m giving up on love…
Words: L. Mathews
Music: L. Mathews, M. Gehl
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3. |
Standing By You
04:31
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STANDING BY YOU
You opened a door
And whispered to me.
I’ve heard this before…
It never brought peace.
I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting so long…
I can’t help but wonder just what I’ve done wrong-
What I’ve done wrong.
Tired refugees
We go into the night.
Looking for one prize worth a good fight.
We’ve been working, working, working so hard.
It just ain’t enough to be pretty and smart.
I still believe that we’ve got what it takes
God only knows why we don’t get that break.
It’s the same as it ever was…
It’s the same as it ever was…
I’m Standing By You.
Standing By.
Floating like life rafts
We sing in the rain.
There’s a laugh and a half, dear
Keeping us sane.
We’ve been thinking, thinking, thinking so much.
It’s just what we’ve done that’s kept us in touch.
I still believe that we’ve got what it takes
God only knows why we don’t get that break.
It’s the same as it ever was…
It’s the same as it ever was…
I’m Standing By You.
Standing By…
Standing By You…
Words: L. Mathews
Music: L. Mathews, M. Gehl
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4. |
One of These Days
03:19
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ONE OF THESE DAYS
He works from nine to five – maybe six
bringing some money home so he can fix
the many little things falling apart around here.
It’s true sometimes he drinks way too much
Becomes a monster or an easy touch but god knows all he’s done for us –
giving through all these years.
One of These Days
He’s gonna leave.
Take her away and build a house by the sea…
One of These Days.
So many worries working on his face
Too many pressures waying down each day and if she ever left him
He’d be a broken man.
One of These Days
He’s gonna leave.
Take her away and build a house by the sea…
One of These Days.
One of These Days…
Miracles happen don’t they
Though he don’t believe.
I see a light in his eyes…
In his eyes.
One of These Days
He’s gonna leave.
Take her away and build a house by the sea…
One of These Days.
One of These Days…
One of These Days
He’s gonna leave.
Take her away and build a house by the sea…
One of These Days.
One of These Days…he’ll be free.
Words & music: L. Mathews
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5. |
Don't Waste It
04:09
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DON’T WASTE IT
I remember the way you laughed the day the parade went by
And when you first found love and that wonder in your eyes.
Well, tell me what went wrong between then and now?
Did life leave you behind?
I don’t know just when and how or what goes on in your mind.
You keep hanging round poolside
C’mon, boy, jump in the water’s fine.
Don’t you know you really only got one life
So Don’t Waste it.
The beautiful life you had is just a memory
And all the music, jokes and friends have faded from your scene.
You think it’s a conspiracy
And the whole world’s after you –
You’re finding reasons everywhere but none of them are true.
You keep hanging round poolside
C’mon, boy, jump in the water’s fine.
Don’t you know you really only got one life
So Don’t Waste it.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! C’mon!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Don’t Waste It now.
All of those years have pasted you by like wind through your fingers.
Now there’s no time to linger –
put your feet on the floor,
your hand on the door and just go.
Just go!
You keep hanging round poolside
C’mon, boy, jump in the water’s fine.
Don’t you know you really only got one life
So Don’t Waste it.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! C’mon!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Don’t Waste It now.
One life
Get Living
Don’t Waste It.
One life
Get Living
Don’t Waste It…
Words: L. Mathews
Music: L. Mathews, M. Gehl
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6. |
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
04:22
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YEAH YEAH YEAH
Driving down the city streets I’m moving to my CD’s beat and I – I’ve got time.
It’s raining fast, I’m falling hard and here I am without cue cards –
I keep forgetting my lines.
I wish that I were somewhere warm instead of in this thunderstorm of life on the edge.
Passing by Fletcher’s bar I hear the music from my car.
We’re dancing in my head.
Taking it up, taking it all in
But did I take you for granted?
Wanting so much just to see you again
Maybe I should demand it.
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Nothing to lose
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Except these blues
Yeah Yeah Yeah
I’ve got a clue
Yeah Yeah Yeah
The reason is you.
Stopping by the Royal Farm where day-old coffee has its charm
And lights shine so bright.
It’s good to sit and rest a bit
I think of you and blow a kiss that floats into the night.
Maybe I said all the wrong things
Maybe it doesn’t matter.
Gone are the days when I could think
Now my heart is in tatters.
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Nothing to lose
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Except these blues
Yeah Yeah Yeah
I’ve got a clue
Yeah Yeah Yeah
The reason is you.
And I can’t forget how you can’t begin to even guess the state I’m in – I just want to die.
And I regret while you turn in with all the keys to everything I might just lose my mind.
words: L.Mathews
music: L. Mathews M. Gehl
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Love Riot Baltimore, Maryland
Formed in Baltimore in 1994 by singer Lisa Mathews and guitarist Mikel Gehl, Love Riot came to epitomize the sweet and sophisticated pop sounds emanating from countless mix format radio stations in the 1990s. While the band persistently flirted with success in that genre through well-placed television exposure and constant performances, they went on an indefinite sabbatical in 1999. - J. Duffy ... more
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