"Loverboy" (2011)

• "Surprise, Surprise Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Dancing At A Funeral Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Comeback Kid (That's My Dog) Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Sydney (I'll Come Running) Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Make You Fall In Love With Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Only Rain Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Can't Stop Thinking Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Must Be Losing My Mind Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Song For Leaving Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Queen Of The Westside Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Little Cosmic Girl Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Walk Away, Watch Me Burn Lyrics – Brett Dennen

"Surprise, Surprise Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Dark clouds gather in the afternoon
Come together just to cry
Seagulls struggling against the wind
Falling out of the sky
Grandma's gathering aluminum cans in a rusty shopping cart
Born-againers getting their lives together while my whole world's falling apart
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Well you know It's just a matter of time
Songbird sitting in a tree house with a trumpet to her lips
I'm laying on my back in the tall green grass staring up at the eclipse
Whispers lurking in the alley behind where the children where no shoes
Call girls and corner kids hustling saying what do you got to lose
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Well you know It's just a matter of time
And there's nowhere you can run to because the eyes are upon you
Some of the coming up hard and hungry
Stepping up to take your turn
Some of them throwing their money in the fire
Just to watch it burn
Open up your eyes
It's happening all around you
If it hasn't found you
Well You know it's just a matter of time
Surprise surprise
What do you think the world owes you
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Well you know It's just a matter of time

Dancing At A Funeral Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day

Strange we're not surprising, [?]
How we tasted death like this to bring us together
You know you'll always be my flesh and blood
I could never do you wrong
And the one who was gone for so long is coming home

Alright now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day

We are getting older at the blink of an eye
So don't let the moment pass you by
I don't believe there is a greater love, one [?] and pain
And the love between a momma and her children

And the procession down to the light house
We hear the crashing of the waves and the mistakes we made
You know that we are not the only ones so we can have some fun
Have some, have some, have some, have some fun

Now's not the time to be so sad and mournful
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day, every single day

It's not the time to be so, to be so sad
We are going to the funeral and we'll be dancing the night away
So, so, so don't be so shy, we are living and we're dying
We are laughing and we're crying every single day, every single day

Comeback Kid (That's My Dog) Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Well, maybe it's the common curse
Maybe things get bad before they get worse
I don't wanna become someone
Who can't live up to what already done

Don't keep it just to figure it out
When it rains and pours, and then it runs out
I was crying on the bathroom floor
And just when I thought I could take no more

Well, here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track
And there goes my hero
He's an underdog, he's coming out on top
And come on, come on back, that's my dog

It was a park of the trailer park
She went whistling through the big yard
She came to raise the dead
And I was a stain on her unmade bed

I found a lover and then I lost myself
And now I'm nowhere, she's somewhere else
And the boys with the brown, skinny legs
Said you're on and on, she sees but I say

Hey, here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track
And there goes my hero, he's an underdog
He's coming out on top

And everybody loves a comeback
So come on back, now, comeback, comeback
Everybody loves the underdog
Singing that's my dog, that's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Hey

I've never been laid so low
Never been laid so low, low, low, low
Why was I the last to know?
Why was I the last to know?

Hear the words, I've never been laid so low
Never been laid so low, low, low, low
Don't let me be the last to know
Don't let me be the last to know

Here comes a comeback
The kid is back, is back on track

And everybody loves a comeback
So come on back, now, comeback, comeback
Everybody loves the underdog
Singing that's my dog, that's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, that's my dog
That's my, that's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
That's my dog

Sydney (I'll Come Running) Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Sydney, whenever you feel unhappy
All you have to do is call me
I can make you laugh
Sydney, I know that you were wrongly accused
I hope you don't lose your sense of humor
Allegations made in the school yard
Soccer moms gossip in the dog park
Their bark is worse then their bite
They're only a couple of crazy cougars
They're bored and spreading their desperate rumors

You know that I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If they wanna talk trash
They can talk, talk, talk
But they better come (collect)
And if you ever need me, call me
I'll come runnin' straight to you

Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney, I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney, I will testify to ya

We were in the basement
Just giving our blood on stage and
Pretending that we were famous
While you were getting framed
I went back to my room in Surrey Hills, yes I did
I didn't know you were in trouble until you came in
Just as skinny as a twig in my kitchen
And told me I was looking at a dead man
I said, "Sydney, you're wrong."

There's a lot of good people living in LA, yes there are and
We won't let nobody take you away, no we won't

You know I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If the wanna talk trash they can talk, talk, talk
But they better come (collect)
And if you ever need me you just call me
I'll come runnin' to you

Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
I will testify
(I'll come running')
I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
to ya, to ya, to ya

Sydney whenever you think you need me
Call me up and I'll come runnin' straight to you

I was never that cool
But I won't be taken for a fool
If the wanna talk trash they can talk, talk, talk
But they better come (collect)
And if you ever need me you just call me
I come runnin' to ya

Straight from the airport
(I'll come runnin')
Cut through the customs line
(I'll come runnin')
Bust down the courthouse doors
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
Sydney I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
I will testify
(I'll come running')
I will testify
(I'll come runnin')
to ya, to ya, to ya
I will testify

Make You Fall In Love With Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen

[Verse:]
I saw you dance and sing on stage
With your bare feet and your hair in braids
You pressed your lips against your horn
If I could only be the notes you mourn

[Pre-Chorus:]
Ever since I heard my first love song
I've been looking for you all along
I know I can't be wrong

[Chorus:]
I know you don't feel it now
But I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Someday baby somehow
I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Oooooo
Oooooo

[Verse:]
I wanna strum upon your strings
And make you cry love cry a loving
Dance drunk into your heart's beat
And kiss you in the moonlight in the middle of the street

[Pre-Chorus:]
I know that we've both been here before
In another lifetime maybe more
It's karma I'm sure

[Chorus:]
I know you don't feel it now
But I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Someday baby somehow
I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Oooooo
Oooooo

[Bridge:]
I took you driving down to Big Sur
Down the coast of California
You held your head out of the window
And you stared out at the ocean
You never heard the albums Graceland or Blue
I played them both for you
The songs of my youth

[Chorus:]
I know you don't feel it now
But I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Someday baby somehow
I'm gonna make you fall in love with me
Oooooo
Oooooo

Only Rain Lyrics – Brett Dennen

You haven't said it but I hear it so loud
And there's a cloud around your head, yes it is
I stick around, I could be a stranger in your town
Or I could fly half way around the world just to be turned down

Don't hold back your tears from falling
Don't pretend they're for me, darling
You can tell me I'm not the one
I know the sun is shining somewhere
Oh, on someone it's only rain

Doesn't mean the day's over
It don't change the way I feel, it doesn't change a thing
Only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, yes, it is

You gone on magazines and the silver screen
They hear the gold that's in your heart
I'll be fine, oh, I can stay with an old friend of mine
I can find myself some California wine

Don't hold back your tears from falling
Don't pretend they're for me, darling
You can tell me I'm not the one
I know the sun is shining somewhere
On someone it's only rain

Doesn't mean the day's over
It don't change the way I feel, it doesn't change a thing
It's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain, it's only rain
Yes, it is, alright, yeah, it's only rain, oh yeah

Ooh, ooh, oh yeah, it's only rain, doesn't mean the day is over
It don't change the way I feel, no way, it doesn't change a thing
No, it doesn't change a thing, doesn't change a thing
Doesn't change a thing, no, it's only rain, it's only rain, yes, it is

Ooh, it's only rain, it's only

Can't Stop Thinking Lyrics – Brett Dennen

I was numb, I couldn't sleep
Gently strung out on caffeine
Did I fall in love or was I just delirious?

I was dumb, found you
My dirty mind was wanderin'
I was wishin' that I could be kissin' your skin

And now you're in my head
You're always in my head
And now you're in my head

And I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
No, I can't stop thinkin' about you

And it makes me sad
Because I know that you don't want me
And all these thoughts in my head
They tease me and they taunt me, oh, yeah

All the broken hearts in London town
Strewn about the tube in the underground
All the voices burning in my brain
And making me insane

And now you're in my head
You're always in my head
And now you're in my head

And I, I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
You know I can't stop thinkin' about you

And it makes me sad
Because I know that you don't want me
All these thoughts up in my head
They tease me and they taunt me, taunt me, alright, yeah

No, no, no, no, no, no, no
I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment that I wake up
You know I can't stop thinkin' about you

I can't stop thinkin' about you
All day long, it's all I do
From the moment, from the moment that I wake up
I can't stop thinkin' about you
I said I can't, I can't stop thinkin'
No, I can't, I can't stop thinking about you
No, no, no, I can't stop

I can't stop thinking about you, about you, baby
From the moment, from the moment that I wake up
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't stop thinking about you

Must Be Losing My Mind Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Burned out in the lawn in Tuscon, Arizona
With the scavengers on 4th Avenue
Feeling old, boredom of the second hand stores
Hoping maybe I could find something new

Now, now, now, now, now
Here it comes
Here it comes again

Behind the theater, in the alley by the dumpsters
Far away from the glow of the marquee
There alone in the darkness, below the Hotel Congress
I was [?] for a second but I then I fell asleep

Now here it comes
Here it comes again, ah
Yeah, here comes that feeling, yeah

I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind

Oh, my God, there's ghosts in my hotel room
Why do they bother me here?
Oh, my heart, hey, where is my lover?
She, she built a way to the southern hemisphere

I hear them laughing at me, the nuns are laughing at me
The homes are laughing at me too
They think I'm lying in there, they think I'm foolish but that
But that don't make me a fool, no, no, no, no, no, no

I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
But it sure feels fine, you know it sure feels fine

Who am I talking to and what am I saying
Why doubt these words I don't believe?
There's no one stopping you so why are you staying?
Are you as crazy as me?

Huh, I'm in these shadows dying, lying in this street
Nobody's set their soul, anything at all
Nobody notices, no one goes in there
And it scares me, don't know where, nowhere at all

I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
I must be losing my mind
(I'm losing, I'm losing, I'm losing my mind)
Yeah, you know but it sure feels fine
You know it sure feels right
Yeah, it does, yes, it does

Ah, here it comes again
Uh, yeah, it's coming on strong again
You know, I'm dancing with my thoughts again
Yeah, my words they don't make any sense and no, no, no

And no, no, no, no, here it comes again, yeah
Ah, these feelings I don't understand
Ah, I'm dancing with my thoughts again
My, my words they don't make any sense

No, no, no, no
They just don't make any sense

Song For Leaving Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing

Moon with a halo
Like a pearl in a peasant's hand
Religion on the radio
Advertising a promised land

Everything that attaches
Someday falls apart
When the plan collapses
It can break your heart

Like a southbound train
This is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Like a southbound train
Here is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing

To the airport in the rain
Sadness seeping through
Leaving faith on a jet plane
Hurling through the blue

Love is the tear
That taught me to fall
Whispered in my ear
Soothing me to my soul

Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing

Quiet constellations
I don't walk through the night
Silent salutations
Under a southwestern sky

Battlegrounds behind me
Smoke in the trees
Memories to remind me
Puts my soul to ease

Like a southbound train
Here's a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
Like a southbound train
This is a song for leaving
Don't you know the pain
It's a part of the healing
This is a train
Get on the train
Get on the train...

Queen Of The Westside Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Where is my shit?
oh
you know it

She's making love for breakfast
in Venice
In the little white house with rent control
She's got
Turquoise tiles on the counter in the kitchen
she cooks she listens to Nina Simone

and all the hipsters on the east side
they think they're too cool for school
but they don't know
She's the queen of the west side
and she rocks me to my soul
she rocks me to my soul

She's sunbathing in her bare skin
I'm jealous of the light shining on her back
"Where is my shit?"
Well, I'm walking down Montana and I'm singing I'm in heaven
Hoping that she asks me to come back

All the know it alls on the Northside
They think they know
They dont know
What I know

She's the Queen of the Westside
yes she is
she rocks me to my soul
she rocks me to my soul
she rocks me to my soul

Little Cosmic Girl Lyrics – Brett Dennen

When you're sleeping, safe from harm
What you do dream about when you're in my arms?
All through the night the world was spinning
At the speed of light
Wars were fought, while I held you tight

You fell deep into an untamed sleep
When the moon begin to creep
And the comets keep their promises
While the constellations weep

[Chorus:]
Little cosmic girl, isn't it a big world?
Say, don't you worry about the little things
Don't let the daylight rob your dreams
Little cosmic girl, isn't it a wild world?
There is love and there is sadness
And there are miracles and madness
And we may never understand
No we may never understand

We are traveling in a minstrel's circus
In that caravan across the universe
All at once our bitter grudges
Were put to rest
Deaths were mourned, while births were blessed
Are we an accident in time
Or part of a grand design
Press your body close to mine

[Chorus x2]

Tell me do you believe, my little cosmic girl, in what you cannot see

Do you believe [3x] in what you cannot see, my little cosmic girl
[Repeats to fade out]

Walk Away, Watch Me Burn Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Woke up early this mornin'
To a thunder and rainstorm
Last night I forgot to close
My windows

My home's been broken
And my heart has been blown wide open
I don't wanna feel angry
I don't wanna feel empty
I don't want no sympathy

Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I'll never learn
Going down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn

I was thinking 'bout my place in the universe
Looking at the Earth's curve
How much my little heart can hurt
Some people got a lot of nerve

I'm not afraid
No, I never been afraid of failure
I'm not afraid of global warmin'
Or the market crashin'
Or the terrorists attackin'

Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I will never learn
I'm goin' down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn

I swam in the ocean in the night
Under the stars it's so clear
My pale body bouncin' in the waves
I felt I could disappear, I'm still here, yes, I am

Who am I to blame?
What can I say? I will never learn
I'm goin' down in flames
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn
Walk away, watch me burn

"Hope For The Hopeless" (2008)

• San Francisco Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Make You Crazy Lyrics – Brett Dennen (feat. Femi Kuti)
• Heaven Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Closer To You Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Wrong About Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• So Far From Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• When She's Gone Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• World Keeps Turning Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Who Do You Think You Are? Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Follow Your Heart Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Ain't Gonna Lose You Lyrics – Brett Dennen

San Francisco Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Go if you want to go
But I won't follow
Just so you know
Leave if you want to leave
But I won't be here
When you come home

I'm gonna to move to San Francisco
Look up some old friends
I'm gonna get me a navy pea coat
And an old Mercedes Benz

This old town it keeps shrinking
There's too many people in my junk
I'm gonna do a lot of drinking
Cause it don't hurt when I'm drunk

[Chorus]

I'm gonna rent me an old Victorian
Down in the Lower Haight
I'm gonna get me an old accordion
Play for the tourists on the golden gate
I'm gonna plant a little garden
Paint my bathroom blue
I'm gonna try real hard
To get over you

Here in the city life doesn't move so slow
There's plenty of good people I know
Up in north beach they drink spicy Italian liqueur
Down on market there's a lot of hobos and hustlers

Down in Hayes Valley, there's a lot of good restaurants
Deep in the tenderloin you can have anything you want
Over in the mission it's always a sunny day
It's a real good baseball town but my team is across the bay

[Chorus]

When you come home

Make You Crazy Lyrics – Brett Dennen (feat. Femi Kuti)

You Know, It's hard to be Yourself,
Free Yourself, To see Yourself,
When all around You there are Lies just to get You,
Spies just to get You, To Buy so they can get You?

There are Cameras in the sky, Lasers in our Living rooms,
There are Wolves watching wearing Sheep's Costumes?

It's Enough to make You go crazy (woah)
It's Enough to make You Mad?
It's Enough to make You go crazy (woah)
And, I'm amazed I Haven't yet?

Isn't It, A Shame The way We cheat Each other,
Treat Each other, Beat Each other??

It's, A Shame The way We use One other, Abuse One another?

And, Screw One another, It's true.

They will Lock You up in Prison,
But They won't call it slavery,
There are stolen Children raised and Trained in Armies?

It's Enough to make You go crazy (woah)
It's Enough to make You Mad?
It's Enough to make You go crazy (woah)
And I'm amazed I haven't yet?

Don't hesitate to speak Your Mind? (speak Your Mind)
Never hesitate to speak Your Heart? (speak Your Heart)
They'll call You crazy, When You speak Your Mind? (When You speak Your Mind)
So never, Never hesitate? (never hesitate)

'cause It's Enough to make You go crazy? (woah)
It's Enough to make You Mad?
It's Enough to make You go crazy (woah)
And, I'm amazed I haven't yet?

Na sol Them go lock You for Prison?
Na sol Them go beat You for Prison?
Them No call it slavery?
It's him That make Me vex?

Na sol Them go lock You for Prison?
Na sol Them go beat You for Prison?
It's him That make Me vex?
It's him That make Me craze?

It's Enough to make You go crazy? (woah)
It's Enough to make You Mad?
It's Enough to make You go crazy? (woah)
And, I'd be crazy Not to Care?

Heaven Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Beyond the rules of religion
The cloth of conviction
Above all the competition
Where fact and fiction meet

There's no color lines cast or classes
There's no fooling the masses
Whatever faith you practice
Whatever you believe

Oh, Heaven, Heaven
What the hell is Heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?

Throw away your misconceptions
There's no walls around Heaven
There's no codes you gotta know to get in
No minutemen border patrol

You must lose your earthly possession
Leave behind your weapons
You can't buy your salvation
And there is no pot of gold

Mmm Heaven, Heaven
What the hell is Heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?

Heaven ain't got no prisons
No government, no business
No banks or politicians
No armies and no police

Castles and cathedrals crumble
Pyramids and pipelines tumble
The failure keeps you humble
And leads us closer to peace

Oh, Heaven, Heaven
What the hell is Heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?

Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?

Closer To You Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Well I tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I'd never been knocked off my feet until you came along
In the room surrounding me are angels I cannot see
I know they come to carry me to where I belong

Closer to you, closer to you
I'm singing like a sailor strutting up your avenue
Like a clown in a costume shop wearing nothing but my birthday suit
Getting closer to you

All the knocks upon your door
Footsteps falling on your floor
All the shipwrecks on your shore
Mean nothing to me
All the crooks on Capitol Hill
Criminals on the dollar bills
All the money on Wall Street still
Couldn't keep me from getting

Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a priest on a pulpit preaching to an empty room
Like a drunk in a dive bar in the early afternoon
Closer to you.

Poets could not pronounce your name
Gamblers couldn't play the game
Matchstick statues set to flame
Couldn't hold a candle to you
Swindlers on the Sunset strip
Hypnotists and hypocrites
Ventriloquists and Pickpockets
Wish that they could get

Well I've tasted love so sweet
Played around but not for keeps
I never been knocked off my feet till you came along

I sit through the trickery
The jealousy and vanity
The potency of your prophesy
Because I long to be

Closer to you. Closer to you
Like a hound dog in a junkyard honey
I'm howling at the moon
Like a Pirate in a pawnshop with a pocket full of jewels

Closer to you [x3]

I'll get through
Oh baby I'll get through
Closer to you

Wrong About Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen

From my humble beginning,
To our bitter end,
You were the one who was pretending.
That I was your orphan.
In a brown stone apartment in Brooklyn,
I found a new place to dwell
I tore up my ticket to Tennessee and checked out of the Hollywood hotel
You can call me a turncoat,
Challenge my dignity
But you were wrong about me
Honey you were wrong, all along, about me

Take off your plastic Halo.
But don't shun the monks inside your head
Give it to the gullible grooms who drink their snake oil beside your bed.

In your conjured up court room my integrity is on trial
The prosecution is gathering evidence from denial
You can preach to the choir
Say that I'm guilty

But you were wrong about me!
Honey you were wrong, all along, about me, about me

Go tell all your friends about it
Tell the boys back home about it
Tell all your nurses and nuns about it
Go to all your cats about it
That you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong about me, you were wrong, you were wrong about me
Stubborn cowboys click their bootheels,
They are settling their debts
But I'm not making anymore deals
I ain't placing no more bets

Downtown on Wall Street where the millionaires smoke their cigars,
I traded in all my savings for a new suit and an electric guitar.
You can say that I sold out.
but nobody works for free.
And you were wrong about me
Honey you were wrong, all along, about me, about me, about me
Honey you were wrong, all along, about me, wrong about me!

So Far From Me Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Crows ravaging a field of wheat
stars jealous of the moon
scarecrows know their own defeat
envy and the heart that it consumes

today i walked without you
like an empty bottle drifting out to sea
i would change it if i knew how to
but it don't come that easily

if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone

if you weren't so far from me
i could you hold you while you're sleepin
and hear ya breathin softly
and be there when you wake
phone calls cannot complete us
letters cannot replace
the miles and miles and miles between us
another time another place

if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone

i have yet to meet another
who burns bright as you
i'm not looking for any other
i only want you.

if my heart wasn't such a jungle
maybe you wouldn't feel so all alone
and if your heart wasn't such an ocean
i wouldn't sink like a stone
i wouldn't sink like a stone
i wouldn't sink like a stone.

When She's Gone Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Your gonna fall apart
It's gonna break your heart
Your gonna know that you were wrong
Down to the boatyard you'll run
Like you did at your graduation
Your gonna miss her when she's gone

Who you trying to fool?

Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's gone

You in your second hand suit
That you wore to the portrait shoot
It was just a dream that you once had
Your gonna lose control
It's gonna take it's toll on you
You'd better let it drive you mad

Who you trying to fool?
What are you trying to prove?

Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's gone

These are the wounds that heal you
It's the pain that reveals you

Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's
Your gonna miss her when she's gone

World Keeps Turning Lyrics – Brett Dennen

This world keeps turning, turning around,
This world keeps turning me upside down,
I can't do nothing to slow it down.
This world keeps turning, turning around.

Everything you have today,
soon, can be gone away.
Yesterday, I had no sorrow but,
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Here today and gone tomorrow.

This world keeps turning,turning around,
This world keeps turning me, upside down
I can't do nothing to slow it down.
This world keeps turning, turning around.

People can be so cruel.
They'll cheat you and they'll treat you like a fool.
They'll drag your dreams through the dust,
till' you don't know who to trust.
I don't know who to trust.

The more I learn, the less I know.
I got so far to go.
I got so far to go.

This world keeps turning, turning around,
This world keeps turning me upside down,
I can't do nothing to slow it down.
This world keeps turning, turning around.
This world keeps turning, turning around
This world keeps turning, turning around

Who Do You Think You Are? Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Where are all my old friends?
It's been a long time gone.
We've been drifting apart for so many years.
I hope they're still marching on.
Some of em' probably happy with families working hard to get ahead.
Some of them are lost, some are wondering, some of them are already dead.

Who do you think you are?
It's the life you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.

There's an old man sleeping in the parking lot
I wonder what he dreams about
Businessmen in suits taking millions over coffee trying to buy each other out
There's an officer, a senator, a digger and a sewer
A beggar and thief.
They all sit at different table but they all drink the same poison as me

Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Well don't be afraid of the hands you play

The power went out, and the stars came out
and I went out for a walk in the dark
There were fireflies flittin'
and I heard the poet spittin' rhymes out in the park
And I felt myself drift up off the ground and I rose above the trees
And I saw my life in photographs of fading memories

Who do you think you are?
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.
It's the life that you made.
Don't be afraid of the hands you play.

Follow Your Heart Lyrics – Brett Dennen

I am a dreamer
And I'm a lover
I've been let down
And I've loved and lost
I've been alone
I've been far from home

Follow your heart
Follow your heart
Follow your heart
And you won't get lost

I've been a poor man
I've been a rich man
I made a fortune
And I paid the cost
I've had some good friends
They come and go

Follow your heart
Follow your heart
Follow your heart
And you won't get lost

I've been cheated
I've been defeated
I've played the game
And I've been double crossed
Every friend of mine
Has been in hard times

Follow your heart
Follow your heart
Follow your heart
And you won't get lost

Ain't Gonna Lose You Lyrics – Brett Dennen

You can put a stick in my spokes
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock, I can be the hoax
But I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose

They can come and tear my house down
They can run me out of town
They can tie me up, call me a clown
But I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose you

I can't stand
The thought of another man
No I ain't gonna lose you

They can make me turn my back on my friends
Send me away to san quentin
Put me in the hole, a thousand times again
But I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose you

Throw me in a hurricane
Tell the whole world I've gone insane
Run an electric shock to my brain
But I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose you

I can't stand
The thought of another man
No I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose you
Ain't gonna lose [X4]

I'll sing it from my roof top
I'll sing it from the bus stop
I'll sing it on the street drunk to a cop
But I ain't gonna lose you
No I ain't gonna lose
Ain't gonna lose you
Ain't gonna lose

"So Much More" (2006)

• Ain't No Reason Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• There Is So Much More Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Darlin' Do Not Fear Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Because You Are A Woman Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• She's Mine Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• The One Who Loves You The Most Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• I Asked When Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• When You Feel It Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• So Long Sweet Misery Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Someday Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Can't Slow Down Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Ain't No Reason Lyrics – Brett Dennen

There ain't no reason things are this way.
It's how they always been and they intend to stay.
I can't explain why we live this way.
We do it every day.

Preachers on the podium speaking of saints.
Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change.
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape,
Cursing my name.

I gotta a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same,
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing,
You can spend your whole life working for something,
Just to have it taken away.

People walk around pushing back their debts,
Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets,
Talking about nothing, not thinking about death,
Every little heartbeat, every little breath.

People walk a tightrope on a razors edge.
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons.
It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen,
Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence.

There ain't no reason things are this way.
Its how they've always been and they intend to stay.
I don't know why I say the things I say,
But I say them anyway.

But love will come set me free.
Love will come set me free, I do believe.
Love will come set me free, I know it will.
Love will come set me free, yes.

Prison walls still standing tall.
Some things never change at all.
Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all.
Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all.

Working your fingers bare to the bone.
Breaking' your back, make you sell your soul.
Like a lung, it's filled with coal,
Suffocating slow.

The wind blows wild and I may move.
But politicians lie and I am not fooled.
You don't need no reason or a three piece suit,
To argue the truth.

The air on my skin and the world under my toes
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go,
Love I try to follow.

Love will come set me free
Love will come set me free, I do believe
Love will come set me free, I know it will
Love will come set me free, yes

There ain't no reason things are this way.
Its how they've always been and they intend to stay.
I can't explain why we live this way.
We do it every day.

There Is So Much More Lyrics – Brett Dennen

When I heard the news,
my heart fell on the floor.
I was on a plane on my way to Baltimore.
In these troubled times it's hard enough as it is.
My soul has a known a better life than this.

I wonder how so many can be in so much pain,
while others don't seem to feel a thing.
Then I curse my whiteness
and I get so damn depressed.
In a world of suffering,
why should I be so blessed?

I heard about a women who lives in Colorado.
She built a monument of sorts behind the garage door,
where everyday she prays for all whom are born
and all whose souls have passed on.
Sometimes my trouble gets so thick,
I can't see how I'm gonna get through it.
But, then I'd rather be stuck up in a tree
then be tied to it.

There is so much more.

I don't feel comfortable with the way my clothes fit.
I cant get used to my body's limits.
I got some fancy shoes to try and kick away these blues.
They cost a lot of money but they aren't worth a thing.
I wanna free my feet from the broken glass and concrete.
I need to get out of this city.
Lay upon the ground stare a hole in the sky,
wondering where I go when I die.
...When I die.

Darlin' Do Not Fear Lyrics – Brett Dennen

When I arrived in my own set of clothes
I was half a world away from my home
And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

Alongside my innocence I laid in bed awake
Conflicted in these chains with the impetus of age
But like a phantom she crept across the floor and out the window
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

From this place on the mantle my heart was taken down
Scattered in a thousand little pieces on the ground
And out below the streetlamp like an orphan with a halo
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

'Cause it won't last - the worries will pass
All your troubles they don't stand a chance
And sometimes it takes more than a lifetime to know
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

The confidence is full with your faith etched in stone
And I let clean comfort you from the wild unknown
So bury your burning hatred like a hatchet in snow
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

If you have a broken heart or a battered soul
Find something to hold on to or to let go
To help you through the hard nights like a flask filled with hope
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

'Cause it won't last - your worries will pass
All your troubles they don't stand a chance
And it always hurts the worst when it's the ones we love the most
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

Sometimes your path is marked in the sky
Sometimes you're forced to fit in between the lines
Sometimes all that you can do is say no
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

I said, when I arrived in my own set of clothes
I was half a world away from my home
And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows
Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
I said, Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know
We said, Darlin' do not fear

Because You Are A Woman Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Only wanted to be closer to you
i thought i had something to prove
instead i fled with my superstition
because you are a woman

now i was told since before i could speak
a mans emotions are what make him weak
i come to you more or less a humble man
because you are a woman

and i find most of the time i'm lost inside my own mind
i look all over, all over to find
it dont keep me satisfied

all the conquests that i construe
fail miserably in front of you
have you ever been loved my such a charasmatic fool?
and i'm a sucker for your love

the self-centered strutted crowd the side walk
parade and pose with phones and paper cups
you walk like truth through a world of fiction
because you are a woman

and i find most of the time it's all inside my mind
i look all over, all over to find
it dont keep me satisfied

and i find most of the time i miss the way your body coils around mine
the slope of your shoulders
the curve of your spine
because you are a woman

i change my strings and pack my suitcase
i'm always leaving for some other place
but i return to you again and again
because you are a woman
because you are a woman

She's Mine Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Well the witches stare with their limbs akimbo
silhouettes of statues up in the window
call me to come here with a crooked crescendo
but i don't

devotees dance among the pantomime on the promenade
into a tabernacle on the lawn
but i don't follow

because she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

midnight moved across the people's park
and i fled the fire like a spinning spark
up onto a porch in the dark
she was waiting right there for me

she knows that my hands are empty
as i go past the mothers of envy
and i don't have to fumble in the dark for my keys

i believe she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

the pupils gather in the yard
around the pulpit made of cards
and waited for their leader's words
but his words didn't make much sense

his mouth spat out a fist of daggers
and his tongue swirled in a southern swagger
and i looked at all the people gathered
but they were all in a trance

and she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

i was thrown before the court of canes
tossed my soul to the furnace flames
where all my heros had been slain, exiled, or put in prison

because they rose above the mess
and because their power posed a threat
and because they spoke of something else
when everybody else didn't

the music fills the space between
the deities and the prophecies
of our bodies pressed seamlessly
silent in the shade

she looks at me so fearlessly
and i take it all too seriously
but it all becomes so clear to me
and makes me understand

that she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

yeah she's mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm
yeah she's mine

The One Who Loves You The Most Lyrics – Brett Dennen

When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most

When the masquerade and burlesqued balls
Become too ordinary to boast
You complain about the parade and curtain calls
I will be the one who loves you the most
Yeah, I will be the one who loves you the most

When the women with their stolen graces
Don't invite you to play host
To their daughters with fake faces
I will be the one who loves you the most

When all the debutantes desert you
And all the doorways are all closed
And the harlequins have hurt you
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most

When your suitors sneering swank beside you
And leave you hollow like a ghost
And you just want somebody to confide to
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most

See, when you forgive your imperfections
And you've auctioned all your clothes
And look to see your true reflection
You will be the one who loves you the most
You will be the one who loves you the most
You will be the one who loves you the most

I Asked When Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Well i dreamed i went out a wanderin'
i heard promises become fables forgotten
i saw bridges stretchin' out across the water
and towers pushing taller

i knew my reality was clearly defined
by the fences put up around my mind
i watched them thicken into walls over time
taller than any boarder line
i saw civilizations deemed insignificant
i saw people's history tatooed on their skin
i saw families taken from their land
dynasties shattered and stolen

and i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution

in all the burdens of centuries accrue
that get passed along to every generation's youth
and all the allegories told in lieu of truth
i watched them grow wild and spread like the flu

i saw the rise of an untamed industry
i watched machines paint a paper economy
i saw my own self stand right in front of me
and i didn't do a thing

i saw poisons pushed in the street
and prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine
with a whole host of wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies
still poor people were dying from disease

and i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution

and i broke down at the break of dawn
I saw new meaning in the clouds above the Pentagon
as real as the hollocaust as stong as the Parthanon
visions of Sudan Iraq and Vietnam

i stood silent upon a flooded levy
and stared at the ruins of a merchant city
and the president who came to dine with the noble elite
he didnt do a thing

i saw three ships come sailing in
through the passage of the CARIBBEAN
i saw children coming home in coffins
millions marching on washington

and i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution
i asked when, when... is a revolution
i asked when... is a revolution

When You Feel It Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Momma got to worrying because her boy left home in a hurry again
Her photographs are fading, she keeps a box in the closet full of negatives
Well, I left a note on the floor in my room
I've always been stubborn and late to bloom
I had to lay down my load, my burdens are my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know

When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
and I know, I know

I was longing on a short summer night when I had the urge to leave
I went out to find my muse with a eight in my pocket and a craving for some cajun blues
I was following my follies when I saw her aboard the river queen
I was courting my frail lady all the way to New Orleans
But I was swoon by a luminous tomb so I climbed the roof and gave that woman my croon
I had to tell her all I know, my business is my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know

When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
And I know, I know

When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it you know
When you feel
When you feel it

Well, mamma got to worrying she said "Now boy, I stay up late wondering where you been!
Oh, soon your gonna have to give in no you can't live forever the way that you been."
Oh, mamma I'm not trying to do not wrong I had to learn this is the way I get along
It's a life that I chose, my reasons are my own
It's a coming of age when you feel it you know

When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
I know, I know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know
When you feel it you know

So Long Sweet Misery Lyrics – Brett Dennen

So Long, my misery
I don't need you
you've only caused me grief
forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries

Daylight lives like a burden for me
so I escape
sent it strewn about the street
beyond the ruins of my ancestry
far past the pages of my disbelief
I rose from my moat
like a ghost from a grave
sunken in the salty eyes of the wandering displaced
I was heading through the mist across the golden gate
all of my rebellions fall into the fog of fate

So long my misery
I don't need you
you've only caused me grief
forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries

Spring time came again
and Icarus fell
I flew past the numb lipped nuns who'll never tell
the secrets of the sailors and their 7 year spell
I will not fall, nor will my wings ever melt
if I could I would wash all these wounds away
I would surround your room with a sense of mental grace
I would paint your portrait over everything mundane
more colorful than Easter Sunday

so long my misery
I don't need you
you've only caused me grief
forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries

put me on a boat
leave my inhibitions at bay
my mind is spilling
but I haven't much to say
I was running through the canyons
pulse the echoes of your name
you were laughing at me like
the sun laughs at a flame
put me on a page in a book of beginnings
let me scroll me through old volumes of ancient teachings
let me reveal in all of these forgotten feelings
lay me with the wretched in the arms of my queen

so long sweet misery
I don't need you
you've only caused me grief
forgive me if I fall asleep
I haven't slept in centuries
[x2]
no I haven't slept in centuries
I haven't slept in centuries

Someday Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Yeah
In the womb of winter, summer seems a myth
In my desperation I throw my faith into the wind
Born to a world where it is a fight just to fit in
From the cradle to the grave, it never ends

Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape

So many ways to walk upon the earth
I trace my footsteps to the place of my birth
So what do you do with all your precious time
So many ways in which to reach for the sky

Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape

Say, little bit by little bit, someday

I may be weary but I am not weak
I can sing a song of suffering
Maybe a song unsung is dancing on the tip of your tongue
My salvation's ahead of me
I can feel it calling me
I know that I, I know that I will be ready

Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape
Someday, someday in a cloud of gray
I will, I'll make my great escape

Can't Slow Down Lyrics – Brett Dennen

The highway bends like my lover's leg
Pulls me in like a wick draws a flame
She don't bother to remember my name
We don't talk of such things

I'll kiss you once
Baby, I'll kiss you twice
But I can't kiss you for the rest of your life
'Cause I'm not fit to be the man that makes you a wife

Baby, baby its just my foolish plight

Whatever road I may go down
If it bends, if it don't know how
I ain't stopped since I left my home town
And I can't slow down

I do what any man can to survive
Work a day or maybe even night
But I can't work inside for some 9-5
Honey not in this life

Whatever road I may go down
If it bends, if it don't know how
I ain't stopped since I left my hometown
And I can't slow down

Brown bodies
Bent at the waist
Frozen in a field as I drive by
In my unconscious pace

Freedom is not a state of mind
Nor is it a united state
Oh, and it sure ain't my escape

Whatever road I may go down
If it bends, if it don't know how
I ain't stopped since I left my hometown
And I can't slow down

No no no oh no

And I can't slow down

No oh no
Oh, lord

And I can't slow down

Fig Tree Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Oh baby won't you come with me
I'll tell you where I'm going
Over the meadow, down by the stream
Under the shade of a fig tree

So won't you come along
Won't you come along
Well, come with me
Underneath the shade
The shade of a fig tree

And it won't take long
It won't take long
'Till you'll be beside me
Shake it mama, shake
Shake me up in my tree
Well, shake me up in my tree

Oh the sunlight streaks across the meadow
Comes speaking through the canopy
The shadow suggests the shape of my interests
Under your fig leaf

So won't you come along
Won't you come along
Well, come with me
Underneath the shade
The shade of a fig tree

And it won't take long
It won't take long
'Till you'll be beside me
Shake it mama, shake
Shake me up in my tree
Shake me up in my tree

Mmm
Alright

So won't you come a long
Won't you come along
Well, come with me
Underneath the shade
The shade of a fig tree

And it won't take long
It won't take long
'Till you'll be beside me, baby
Shake it mama, shake
Shake me up in my tree
Yes, shake me up in my tree

Uprooting's heavy on the tree
And nature has been good to thee
You've been sittin' pretty with your prudence on your paw swingin'
I've been barking up the wrong tree

So won't you come along
Won't you come along
Well, come with me
Underneath the shade
The shade of a fig tree

And it won't, and it won't
And it won't take long
'Till you'll be beside me, baby
Shake it mama shake
Shake me up in my tree
Oh, shake me up in my tree
Shake me up in my tree

"Brett Dennen" (2004)

• Blessed Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Desert Sunrise Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• All We Have Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• By & By Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Make The Most Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Don't Forget Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Just Like The Moon Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• When I Go Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Nothing Lasts Forever Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Oh The Glorious Lyrics – Brett Dennen
• Day By Day lyrics - brett dennen

Blessed Lyrics – Brett Dennen

I welcome the sun
The clouds and rain
The wind that sweeps the sky clean and lets the sun shine again
This is the most magnificent life has ever been
Here is heaven and earth and the brilliant sky inbetween

Blessed is this life and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
Blessed is this life and I'm gonna celebrate being alive

Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive

I dwell in the darkness
I let in the light
I sleep in the afternoon and become the noise in the night
I trespass in temptation suffer in sacrifice
But I awake each day with the new sunrise

Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive
Blessed is this life oh, and I'm gonna celebrate being alive

Desert Sunrise Lyrics – Brett Dennen

A desert sunrise, you warm my soul
painting me in shades of clay
covering me whole
and I'm a lizard, sunbathing in your radiance
Oh, I come out of hiding, so sweet
so sweet you are
if I could only have a taste
wrap my lips around your flavor
just because you are you
just because you are, so beautiful

and I've been waiting all this life
in the company of one
and I know I am young
but I don't want to be alone
if you could only just
consider the two of us
and I know darling
I could be so good to you

I see you rising
on the horizon
bringing light into the day
and I'm coasting on your rays
when I awoke, you spoke through the mist of the mystic bliss
casting shadows
on all my dismal yesterdays
do you remember that you told me, darling
that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
and we'll cross that bridge again some day
I know we will
I hope we will

desert sunset, a lullaby
if I could give it all to you
if you'd only let me try
sing so sweetly, it's my only wish
music drips from your lips like sweet sips of a summer's kiss
summer raindrops are precious, tongues twist

and I've been waiting all this life
in the company of one
and I know I am young
but I don't want to be alone
if you could only just
consider the two of us
I know darling
I could be so good to you

I see you rising, on the horizon
bringing light into the day
and I'm coasting on your rays
when I awoke and you spoke through the mist of a mystic bliss
casting shadows
on all my dismal yesterdays
do you remember that you told me, darling
that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
we'll cross that bridge again some day
I know we will
I hope we will

desert moonrise, into the night
before we lay our heads
I wish to walk under the splendorous starlight
sing so sweetly, it's the sweetest sound
and I've become weak in the knees
and I drop down and kiss the ground
and all my cares lie far below
in this earth I wish to die
in this hearth my fire grows

All We Have Lyrics – Brett Dennen

All we have is love

oh, we're growing
faster than we ever could have dreamed
and our bellies are bulging
we're gonna burst right through our seams
it's got us all in competition
for wealth and recognition
globalization I say's a contradiction
for we can't keep paving over this world
we won't all fit in

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness

and there's enough wealth for everyone
but some have the most
and most have some
and there's enough food for us all to flourish
tell me why are so many malnourished
you say this weakness in an empty pocket, no
and I'll tell you this weakness in an empty heart
and you say there's strength in the power to control
and I'll tell you no, there's strength in only love and compassion

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness

soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing sometimes
soon we'll find our own way home
'cause we all need a little healing
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
come on sisters, give it to your brothers
so give love
it's the only thing that heals you
cause we all need a little healing
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
come on brothers, give it to your sisters
so give love it's the only thing that heals you
'cause we all need a little healing

and I can rest to show you that love will always cure you
no matter what your sickness is
no matter what hurts you
so give love it's the only thing that cures you
we all need a little healing

and if you give it, I have learned
it'll all be returned
if you only give love
if you only just give your love

all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise above
so we can rise above
and all that we have is hope and love
so don't you worry child
don't you worry 'bout a thing
(in the night?)
but those can lift us up
so we can rise
so we can rise above the madness

By & By Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Listen close, as close as I am to you
like the bell of liberty, I'll ring a sound that's true
and days go by and seasons too
in time our love may digress with the words we can renew

oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life

and I know words can be the worst to pervey
how it is I feel for you, it's hard for me to say
but if we keep it simple, I think it's better that way
tingled words tend to lead my messages astray

oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life

this web we weave
holds us hand in hand
and if we loosen our grips
we may weaken these strands
so lets reinforce our love and let it echo through the land
and if we don't we may find ourselves washed up with the sand

oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
without a friend like you in my life

Make The Most Lyrics – Brett Dennen

And in the morning, when I rise
one question, that feels like the sun in my eyes
am I making the most of this life?
so much trouble and so much strife
and in my guilty hour
through all of my shame
when all my love is run sour
I have no one else to blame
cause it finds me through the mask I wear
and I see it through it my eyes closed
but still I can not bare to stare into my worries and my woes
theres comfort in self loathing and its easy to slip into it
but still I must learn to lead my life with no regrets
all the time it all moves in the same direction
so don't let it pass you by
because It moves so fast, theres no time for perfection
so make the most of this life
make the most of this life, uh
make the most of this life
make the most of this life

and when I fall I fall hard
and I dwell to often in my falls
I must accept it and move on
theres just no shame in having to crawl

cause it finds me through the mask I wear,
and I see it through it my eyes closed,
but still I can not bare to stare into my worries and my woes,
theres comfort in self loathing and its easy to slip into it
but still I must learn to lead my life with no regrets,
all the time, it all moves in the same direction,
so don't let it pass you by,
because It moves so fast, theres no time for perfection,
so make the most of this life, oh
make the most of this life, oh
make the most of this life
just make the most of this life

and if you come to me smiling
oh I, will see you shining out from within
such a beautiful grin aw
falling down on me and freckling my skin
wake I am pour I a cup of
wake I am pour I a cup
wake I am pour I a cup of life

Don't Forget Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Don't forget, don't forget
mhmm
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind
that I am behind you

you were a secret, waiting to be found out
soon be what everyone is talking about
may you spread your love like laughter
find whatever you're after
open all your windows and let the music spill out

don't forget, don't forget
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind

may you dance like rain upon a still lake
you make this world a beautiful place
no more crying, don't shun your light, keep shining
wipe your tears from your sweet face

don't forget, don't forget
that I believe in you
should you forget
should you forget
let me remind you
that I am behind

don't be afraid should things happen to change
'cause change can be a beautiful thing
should things fall apart
be patient like a rainbow
life is loving and letting go

Just Like The Moon Lyrics – Brett Dennen

I believe that you were born during an eclipse
and the stars named you moon child
Then you come you rise into my sky
you stepped in front of my sun and it makes the whole world dark.

And you light up the night
just like the moon
just like the moon you light up the night
and sometimes,
sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hoping
I'm hoping for a full moon tonight.

Laid back and I'm restless in the daytime
and I'm chased by these shadows
oh thay're haunting me
then you come with nighttimes' wooly blanket
and you wrap me like a child
who's been in the rain too long.

and you light up the night
just like the moon just like the moon
you light up the night
and sometimes
sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hoping
I'm hoping for a full moon tonight.

Oh I've chased the moon
you know I've tried
and each time I tried
each time I failed
and each time I get so down on myself
and I can't stand this pace of a snail
while the rest of the world...

You know I, I know I
know I know that I can
probably never be the same

cause you light up the night
just like the moon
just like the moon you light up the night
and sometimes
sometimes I only get a sliver of ya
but I'm hoping
I'm hoping for a full moon tonight

and in the night
I can feel you love light shinning bright
falling down on me like autumn leaves
and in the night
I can see you shinning bright
tell me how am I supposed to fall asleep
and in the night
I can see your love light shinning bright
falling down on me like autumn leaves
and in the night
I can see you shinning bright
tell me how am I supposed to fall asleep.

When I Go Lyrics – Brett Dennen

Hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but I know they'd all be yearning to fly
when my, when my, when my soul
takes leave of this world
when I leave this flesh and these bones
oh I swear to you that you wont have to go alone

Hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but i know they'd all be yearning to fly
the first time my heart collided with yours
I know I felt the ocean tickle the Earth's sandy shores
but changes come and we all know that we can't, we can't stop them
but I hold these memories and I will never drop them
and I'll watch over you

I'll watch over you
oh my care will cover you just like the moon can do
I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
oh my care will cover you just like the moon can do

Hold this heart when I go
sing my song when I go
sing it loud when I go
sing it proud when I go
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly and
some people are learning to die and some people are yearning to fly
but i know they'd all be yearning to fly
oh the thought of death has yet to make me afraid
'cause I will march right off this world into the next like its a grand parade
but if you feel lonely just like you want to run and hide
then I'll wrap my wings around you and give you strength and I wont leave your side
and I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
oh, my care will cover you just like the moon'll do
I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you
you know I'd love to get to heaven
you know I'd love to see the view
but first I think I'll stay and watch over you
oh, I'll watch over you
I'll watch over you

Nothing Lasts Forever Lyrics – Brett Dennen

I saw you spiraling
I saw you spinning back in time
through all your memories
such a quiet disease
you had forgotten me
but I'll always remember you dancing
across the kitchen in your orange handkerchief
such a quiet disease
I pray that when you dream you would remember everything
you know it all comes back to you
in one conscience dream
maybe you'd sing and put words to all the things
that you think of in a day
but forgotten how to say
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
life is so precious it's as fragile as a dream
and in a moment we all grow our wings
I wish to sing as if no ones listening
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
and I, give thanks for my dreams
you can rob me of my sight
and you can poison my blood stream
but as long as I can dream then life is worth living
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
nothing last forever
not even the sun
for all we know it could have burned out light years ago
darkness remains the hardest thing for us to outrun

Oh The Glorious Lyrics – Brett Dennen

After all these tears have dried
these knots are gonna come untied
and when I climb down from this tree
to walk on land will be so heavenly
and if I don't know what to do
oh, I swear I won't follow any of you
because all thats wanted by us
to lay our tracks in the settling dust
all that's wanted by us
mhmm, is the glorious
and I've been loved inside a heart for years
and I'm breaking out
I'm busting rims
and I'm led blinding through the light of day
and I know now that none of you fools know the way
none of you fools know the way
when my words are rehearsed and clear
may I speak loud enough for everyone to hear
and when my arrow flies straight and true
may it pierce the clouds soar through on through
and when I gain the strength to make a move
I'll drift above and sail away from this cold wet ground
because all that's wanted by us
is to lay our tracks in the settling dust
all that's wanted by us
mhmm, is the glorious
and I've been loved inside a heart for years
and I'm breaking out
I'm busting rims
it's time for me to go off on my own
you can tell them that this child has grown
tell them that this child has grown