Blue Rodeo

[fox69]

"Sad Nights"

"Sad Nights"



Walked you to the corner
Stood beside the bus
And tears rolled down our faces
As the driver stared at us
Typical summer
That time of year
When you go back to Toronto
And I stay here
And I miss the way you wake up
And the way you sigh
And I miss the way you turn your head away when you cry
I don't think this time will fly

Here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again

Around about midnight
When its still too hot to think
We'll go back down to the neighborhood
And get ourselves a drink
Every day working
Not getting far
No, this town ain't much for starting off
Its only made for stars
And later when I'm walking underneath the starless sky
There's a couple in a doorway
And I think I hear them cry
But they turn their heads
When I go by

Here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again

Last days of summer
San Janelle feast
There's music hanging in the air
And dancing in the streets
People line the corners
And they stand beside the fires
And I'm watching from my window
As the sparks go by
And somewhere there's a gunshot
People scatter everywhere
And it happens every day
So there's still laughter in the air
And as I lay down
I wish you were here

And here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again

Here comes sad nights again

 

[fox69]

"Save Myself"

"Save Myself"



I don't know why I ever left you
but I'm sure it had to be a mess
'cause when I felt it falling around us
I thought I could only save myself
Sometimes I wish I could walk away
and start all over again
find a place to hide away and wash away the sins
save myself
save myself
save myself

 

[fox69]

"Sheba"

"Sheba"



Well she walks down the busiest streets
Like an African Queen
And she makes a good living from strangers
Wherever she's been

She's always got a drink on somebody's bill
And lives in a house up on a hill
And nobody knows when she's coming
But they know that she will

It's a long long way we've come
From a darker day
Well they took all the fun out of it
But people like it that way

There are things on the news now testing your faith
Maybe it's good
And maybe it ain't
Everybody once was a sinner
And now they're all saints

I know
I think about it all the time though
There's nothing really for me to hold on to
I'm taking the days as they come
I'm right here
Stuck between a dream and a nightmare
Praying for the day when it all comes clear
I'm barely just holding my ground
Til Sheba comes down

Well she draws out the rags and riches
Wherever she goes
And she knows what it's like to live out
In Emperor's clothes

She's practiced in the arts of magic and such
Ancient blue eyes, electric touch
I got to look away when I see her
It hurts me so much

I know
I think about it all the time though
There's nothing really for me to hold on to
I'm taking the days as they come
I'm right here
Stuck between a dream and a nightmare
Praying for the day when it all comes clear
I'm barely just holding my ground
Til Sheba comes down

 

[fox69]

"Shed My Skin"

"Shed My Skin"


You've got troubles on your mind
Keeps you away from me
There's no sense in denying
And I've cursed myself for the longest time
And now I find I just don't mind

Leave your coat beside the door
Come and lay here
On this blanket on the floor
And we'll throw our candles
In the flames tonight
Set it right try to set it right

[Chorus]
When all our tears coming down are gone
And I shed my skin before this evening's done
If we never get the chance
To come back here again
I'll understand you know I'll understand
You know I'll understand

All the spirits of the night
Watch us sleeping here
Beside the firelight
And I'll hold my tongue
Till this moment's gone
Kiss the dawn
Stay to kiss the dawn

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Side Of The Road"

"Side Of The Road"



I pulled over to the side of the road
I was feeling kind of sad
I was feeling kind of blue
I walked across this farmer's field
and I looked up to the blue-white sky
and your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
yeah your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
I started singing this song in my head
just because the sun was high shining bright
and I could smell the fresh cut grass
as I looked up to the blue-white sky
and your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
yeah your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
I'm gonna hold on to you
I walked across this farmer's field
and I looked up into the blue-white sky
I started singing this song in my head
just because the sun was high
and your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
yeah your eyes they were in my mind
and I just want to hold on to you
I'm gonna hold on to you
I'm gonna hold on to you
to you

 

[fox69]

"Sky"

"Sky"



Looks like someone let you down
told you lies and you believed
took you out into their garden
and walked you through the weeds

Sky come falling down again
sky come falling down again

Called you up from across the ocean
in my dreams I hear your voice
you said I can't spend my whole life waiting
it's time you made your choice

Sky come falling down again
sky come falling down again

Oh when you win some later on you lose
it's hard to tell the difference between the two
oh don't lose your feet
don't let it mess up your sleep
you never choose

There is a place down by the river
when I feel I'm caving in
I can lie there under the moonlight
watch the stars feel the wind

Sky come falling down again
sky come falling down again

Sky come falling down again
sky come falling down again

 

[fox69]

"Small Miracles"

"Small Miracles"



Late in the evening down by the Don
Watching the birds in the sky
You and me walking raincoats on
I'm watching your beautiful eyes

Oh we need another day
The pills that you're taking they take you away
And I know where you're going is all up to you
But I pray for small miracles too

Over and over I'm asking myself
What in the world could go wrong
Leave all the guilt and the lies on the shelf
I've hid them away for so long

Oh we should be home again
The things that you're doing they're fencing you in
And the life that you're living means nothing to you
So I pray for small miracles too

Nights I fall back again
Back to an easier time
You standing over me
Is a picture I hold in my mind

I heard that you're leaving you're packing your stuff
Fading away like the sun
I wish you'd come over and tell me yourself
But you'd have to know what you'd done

Oh I need another day
The pills that you're taking they take you away
And I know where we're going means nothing to you
So I pray for small miracles too

 

[fox69]

"So Far Away"

"So Far Away"



I'll be in your dream
If you'll be in my dream
Still you are so far away from me
So far away from me

My love for you is a sin
If you're not there I never have been
Yeah you are so far away from me So far away from me

I don't have all of the time in the world
But all of the time that I have It is yours
All of the time that I have It is yours

You're so high dancing on your clouds
And I'm down here with this tired old hound
Yeah you are so far away from me
So far away from me

Close my eyes gently
Hold and caress me
My heart is empty
With you so far away from me
So far away from me

I don't have all of the time in the world
But all of the time that I have It is yours
All of the time that I have It is yours

I don't have all of the time in the world
But all the time that
I have It is yours All the time that I have It is yours

 

[fox69]

"Somebody Waits"

"Somebody Waits"



Now I think I know why
You sounded so strange on the telephone
Well It's hard when you discover
What keeps you going keeps you all alone

Dreams so real you thought the smoke might never clear
Now you hide it all behind endless cigarettes and tears

Somebody waits for the time I know it never comes
You get yourself so high
Then you come down feeling blue
One day you'll wake up and realize you've had enough
The thousand shining moments
Waiting just to happen to you, to you, to you

Wait until you're stronger
There's no sense starting when you're down so low
Well it takes the heart a little longer
To see the point in finally letting go

You lose your touch out there standing in the rain
When it's all too much you feel like slipping down again

Somebody waits for the time I know it never comes
You get yourself so high
Then you come down feeling blue
One day you'll wake up and realize you've had enough
There's a thousand shining moments
Waiting just to happen to you

Somebody waits for the time I know it never comes
You get yourself so high
Then you come down feeling blue
One day you'll wake up and realize you've had enough
There's a thousand shining moments
Waiting just to happen to you

 

[fox69]

"Stage Door"

"Stage Door"



I know I can't hide this fear inside
Still my friends understand
Things have worked out
Much as you had said
Ain't no mystery what I need
Is understanding
And your sweet sympathy
A steel string guitar and a little weed
And someone to keep me company
Someone to keep me company

Down the alley and
Through the stage door
Sometimes I wonder
What I
What I do it for

Ain't no mystery what I need
Is understanding
And your sweet sympathy
A steel string guitar and a little weed
And someone to keep me company
Someone to keep me company