SAIL AWAY

Sunset says

You’re gonna be alright

Look at the stars above

They will guide you tonight

Little ship on the ocean 

On an ocean of glass

You’ve got to sail away

Sail away from the past

I know somethings weighing heavy on your mind child

You’ve got to learn, you’ve got to learn 

How to leave trouble behind

Don’t you know tomorrows

Never last

You’ve got to sail away

Sail away from the past

You can spend your life chasing memories

But that won’t bring him back

You’ve got to sail away

sail away

You’ve got to sail away 

Sail away from the past

Now another tangerine sky

Welcomes the night as the daylight reluctantly fades away

Swallows lead 

Little ships lost at sea back home to good company

Husbands, mothers and wives

Now the moon pulls 

From so far away

You say you can’t take the tide 

one more day

I know sorrow 

Will stop you dead in your tracks

You’ve got to sail away, sail away

You’ve got to sail away, sail away from the past.

HEAVEN IN HER EYES

With a kiss, they were on their way

Stormy weather, a beautiful day

Every drop of rain

Is a year with no struggle or pain

She wore a dress of lace and beads

Around her neck was her mommas’ school ring

And oh- how she cried 

as she whispered to the heavens above

Look momma, I’ve finally found love

I don’t need to climb another mountain

Searching for some stairway to the sky

I’ve found heaven right here on earth Momma

I’ve found heaven in her eyes

Her own laughter caught her off guard

The last few years have been so hard

How can a tear 

come as such a welcome surprise

She turns to me and smiles

I don’t need to climb another mountain

Searching for some stairway to the sky

I’ve found heaven right here on earth Momma

I’ve found heaven in her eyes

In her eyes

In her eyes

Momma

MABEL

Oh everyone loves Mabel

Nobody loves me

I see how you look at her

I think you agree

There’s something in her smile

when she enters a room

It’s like sugar in chocolate

strawberries in June

Yeah Yeah

Oh everyone loves Mabel, 

nobody loves me 

And when my heart’s in pieces it’s so easy to see

She’s an angel sent from heaven 

to comfort my pain

Like honey in teacups, umbrellas in rain

Like honey in teacups, umbrellas in rain

Yeah

Yeah

Sometimes she gets me down but she always gets me high

When she’s cursin’ on Sundays

Breakin’ good china

And leavin’ all the best bits so someone might find her

Wouldn’t have it any other way now

Oh everyone loves Mabel

Nobody loves me

There are storms in the desert,

there are monsters in the sea

But they all fade away when I look in her eyes

Like a warm hand melting cold winter skies

Like a warm hand melting cold winter skies

Like a warm hand melting cold winter skies

Mabel is sugar in chocolate

Mabel is strawberries in June

Mabel is honey in teacups

And umbrellas in rain

Mabel is a warm hand melting cold cold winter nights

Mabel is my universe

Mabel’s the apple of my eyes

YOU COULD HOLD ON

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you were strong enough to keep love safe

But the suns gonna set and the winds gonna change

And the child’s gonna cry

And your heart will break

Oh your heart will break

Oh your heart will break 

my love

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you were strong enough to keep love safe

But the suns’s gonna set and the winds gonna change

And the child’s gonna cry

And your heart will break

Oh your heart will break

Oh your heart will break my love

And I think I know

The troubles that follow you

You’re not alone 

In all the pain you’re going through

Desperate as she slowly drifts away 

And there’s nothing you can do to save her

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you could hold on 

One more day

You thought you were strong enough to keep love safe

But the sun’s gonna set and the winds gonna change

And the child’s gonna cry

And your heart will break

Oh your heart will break

Oh your heart will break my love

EVERY RAINDROP

Every raindrop

Every raindrop

Every raindrop

Is shaped like a broken heart

We’re all lost in the dark yeah

We’re all scared of goodbye

We all run for cover in a storm 

We all need a little warmth 

On a cold cold winter night yeah

Every raindrop

Every raindrop

Every raindrop

Is shaped like a broken heart

We wanna do right yeah

We all try to understand

We reach for the stars 

And hope one day

We will catch one in our tiny little hands yeah

Catch a little light in your hands

So when you fall apart 

And the moment can’t be saved

Darling crawl into my arms

I promise I will carry you away yeah

Not every raindrop

Not every raindrop

Not every raindrop

Is shaped like a broken heart

ENOUGH FOR YOU

It’s the little things that make you cry

Little ghosts that go bump in the night

Little reasons you hold onto 

A past that’s never been good to you

You take my hand

Call my bluff

And we both laugh 

‘Cause we both know

My love will never be enough

For you

Will never be enough

For you

The neighbors say your life is blessed 

But I see the truth every night when you undress

Secrets never set you free

They tie you up in knots

And whisper sweet nothings as you sleep

But I hear everything

I hear everything, you hear nothing

I hear everything, you hear nothing

I hear everything, everything, everything, you hear nothing

Nothing

It’s the little things, it’s the simple truth

You can’t change a thing

But everything can sure change you

You take my hand

Call my bluff

And we both laugh 

‘Cause we both know

My love will never be enough

For you

Will never be enough

For you

YOUNG AND ALONE

I move to the left

You move to the right

We think we’re dancing

But there is no dancing tonight

It’s time to pack our things and head home

The news on the tv is so devastating

I think I might vomit

The newscaster’s fainting

How can we live in a world so broken

The child is so young and alone

That child is so young and alone

I’m not really wounded 

But I’m bleeding out badly

Evidence of the violence left under the table

I don’t think I’m able to smile that way again

The child is so young and alone

That child is so young and alone

That child is so young and alone

That child is so young and alone

So alone so alone

That child is so young

I move to the left

You move to the right

We think we’re dancing

But there is no dancing tonight

It’s time to pack up our things and head home home home

It’s pack up our things

And head home

OCEANS

You say you got scars 

I can’t see

They hold you at night

whisper lies about me

I kick and I scream and I lick my wounds

I feign forgiveness while black roses bloom

You laugh when I jump and skip like a stone

But if you ain’t scared to

why do you run home

Go on home

It’s the little things

That make it so hard

I’m a better man in my head

Than in my heart 

And every time I try

To turn this wreck around

The oceans rise up 

And drag me back down

Now whiskey is sweet 

and warm like the sun

I’d rather greet my bed 

all clumsy and numb

Feel better now

Feel better now

I try to forgive 

but it’s so hard to forget 

All the words I never meant 

but somehow I don’t regret

It’s the little things

That make it so hard

I’m a better man in my head

Than in my heart 

And every time I try

To turn this wreck around

The oceans rise up 

And drag me back down

Happiness thrives 

when there’s nothing to say

I just look in your eyes 

and my world melts away

It’s the little things

That make it so hard

I’m a better man in my head

Than in my heart 

And every time I try

To turn this wreck around

The oceans rise up 

And drag me back down

The oceans rise up 

and drag me back down

The oceans rise up 

and drag my ass down

BACK TO CAROLINA

I have found my reason

On an old and forgotten road

Where shoes know no pavement

Pockets don’t long for gold

Going back to Carolina

I’ve been gone too long

Tried my best to love this place

But it just ain’t my home

Breaks my heart to leave you

Lord knows I don’t wanna say goodbye

But this is

What one decision

Where true love is left behind

Going back to Carolina

On a road more bitter than sweet

Wanna stay here in your arms

But home is calling me

Now this life ain’t so simple

Every time I cross the great divide

Wish you could view the mountains

In your home on the other side

Going back to Carolina

There’s something I gotta do

So hold on tight to the memories 

and please know home is missing you

Home is missing you

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

In the corners of this great land

Where I grew up strong

Pushed my hands into the soil

My back to the sun

What am I to do now

Just run and walk away

Better luck next time is all you can say

Better luck next time is all you can say

We pick our disasters

Get down on our knees

10 plagues are a coming

Sew you diamonds into your sleeves

Even the great river of truth

Can’t wash these sins away

Better luck next time is all you can say

Better luck next time is all you can say

Papa come quick

They’re rising up from the dead

Better luck next time is all you said

I used to call you my brother

Side by side hand in hand

But you wanted more than your fair share

So you cut the ties that once bound you here

You’re on a mountaintop

Basking in the light

But I’m in the valley low drowning in the dead of night

And better luck next time is all you can say

Better luck next time is all you can say

Papa come quick

The tide is turning blood red

Better luck next time is all you said

Better luck next time is all you said

Better luck next time is all you said

Oh, Better luck next time

Oh, Better luck next time

Oh, Better luck next time

Oh, Better luck next time

COUNTRYMAN

I have been a coward far too long

Scared of the sunset of the scared of the dawn

But my heart needs a break

A weekend or a holiday

To travel this great land

With a countryman

I want to see the other side of town

All eyes steady on the outward bound

I don’t want to wait

Like some lion at the gate

To travel this great land

With a countryman

With a countryman

With a countryman

Its time it’s time to jump on in that spring

Let the waters steal my heart and wash me clean

There’s nothing more to say

But I see stars and they guide my way

Traveling this great land

With a countryman

With a countryman

With a countryman

SIMPLE MAN

I never look back

I’d rather see the light

From the sun in the morning til the moon at night

I stand high on a mountain

Over rivers of mud

Staring at the mess below

To the stars above

I’m a simple man

Of simple means

You’re welcome to walk beside me

You will see the wonderful things

The hardest rain

Only welcomes the spring

Where flowers burst and cicadas sing

I’m a simple man

Of simple means

You’re welcome to walk beside me

You will see the wonderful things

In the blink of an eye

Our children will grow

Just when I get used to holding her hand

She lets go

I’m a simple man

This complicated times

You’re welcome to walk beside me

Lord knows what we’re gonna find

I can bury the bones

And drink up the sorrow

I can fake it today

But there’s always tomorrow

Yes this broken heart

Only prove in the end

That it too can mend and I too can love again

I’m a simple man

In this complicated time

You’re welcome to walk beside me

Tossing and turning through life

I’m a simple man

Of simple means

You’re welcome to walk beside me

You will see the most wonderful things

SUNSHINE
The light is changing

It’s been a long winter

And I’m weary to the bone

Every day I sepnd under the covers

Locked away in my home

But that’s the way I miss you

Now I understand

Spring is just a reminder

How I let sunshine slip through my hand

As seasons come

And seasons go

Take a little more every day

My broken heart’s 

Turning into stone

Even as your memory slips away

There’s music on the radio

Sunday morning with the band

Only serve as a reminder

How I let sunshine slip through my hand

Now another day

Is gone and

I’m still waiting for a sign

Tripping on the same old memories

Looking back on down the line

But that’s the way this love goes

Ain’t exactly how I planned

Every moment a reminder

How I let sunshine slip through my hands

Gonna take my little ships

Sail far far away

Put some distance between your heart

And mine today

Mine today

Gonna drink myself to sleep

Wake up in some foreign land

Where there’s nothing to remind me

How I let sun

How I let sunshine slip through my hands

ONE IF BY LAND

I see you

In everything

I do

When I’m holding my breath

Counting to 10

When I’m praying to god

You let me in again

So close

But so far

When trouble comes

Calling

When trouble comes

When trouble comes

It’s one if by land

Two if by sea

Give me chance

I wanna be the one

To save you save you save you

It’s one if by land

Two if by sea

Show me a sign

Please let me be the one

To save you

No one can change

A future so uncertain

And I know you’re scared

When trouble comes

When trouble comes

It’s one if by land

Two if by sea

Give me a chance

I wanna be the one

To save you

Save you

Save you 

It’s one if by land

Two if by sea

Show me a sign

Please let me be the one

To save you

save you 

Save you

When trouble comes

When trouble comes along

THE KING

You stand upon your mountain

The king of all you survey

But does someone guide you 

Toward better angels on your way

I lay down in the valley

A stone above my head

And sunrise after sunrise

I wait for you to gaze upon my bed

Softly I cry

Please show a little kindness

Just a glimmer of light

Cause I’m drowning drowning drowning down here in the night

I hear you whispering

Baby I’ll do anything

But I just can’t get these mounains to bed

I’m afraid your night will never end

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey

You’re moving to the city

Looks like the worlds

At your command

But when you see the un

Do you still feel the warmth of my hand

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey

And I’ll be waiting right here to welcome you home

Think of me as your guardian angel wherever you roam

Wherever you roam

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey hey