Joseph Arthur

[fox69]

"Gimmie Some Company"

"Gimmie Some Company"



I love you, I love you, I love you...

Give it a little bit
Give it some light
Give it a little bit of your time

Give it a little bit
Give it some thought/(fire)
Give it a little bit of your life
Gimmie some company
Let me know what you're thinking of

We can walk by the sea
I can hold your hand in mine

Gimmie a little kiss
Gimmie a smile
Gimmie a moment before you decide

Give it a little bit
Give it some light/life
Give it a little bit of your time, your time, your time

Gimmie some company
Let me know what you're thinking of

We can talk easily
I can hold your hand in mine

 

[fox69]

"Glass Pipe"

"Glass Pipe"



Say a prayer and flicker on your candle
I see my baby, she's lying on your table
Come on glass pipe fill
So I know my mind will be still until tomorrow

Dancing and singing with you
Get out of your bed and up to your window
Get out of your head
And out of your shadow

Outside of your window
It's the sun that's bringing your kingdom into bloom
Get up to your window
And away from all those shadows in your room

Hey, what if the damage was surrendered?
And what if the sacrifice was butchered
Would the gods then smile on the cross
After it's gone

Come on glass pipe fill
So I know my mind
Will be still until tomorrow
Dancing and singing with you

 

[fox69]

"Glue Sniffer"

"Glue Sniffer"



Can I open up my heart
You can't hear this sound
I can tell you never cared
About yourself

When I open up my heart
You can't hear this sound
And I kept you inside
I can tell you never cared
About yourself

 

[fox69]

"Good About Me"

"Good About Me"



It's monday morning
You miss yesterday
Tomorrow's coming again
So fast it's already today
You'll never get put down
Growing into your face
Moving to New York City
You got a line on getting paid
And you got two eyes that you always shade
Chaos and beauty
Trying to stay together on a razor blade
Always trying to prove you're being saved

When they ask you what's your church
You say I dance
When they say whatever happened to you
You say I never had a chance
I'm an open book
Come in take a look at me
I'm a boat that won't float
Out at sea
And when I try to compete for a seat
On a more expensive train
In the end you find out
The pain's the same as when the train was plain

You're never giving in
And you're sure you will win
As soon as you know how to begin
And with spite you scream
I'm moving my scene
Away from all you backwards marching human beings
And that includes you
'Cause I know what you seem to see
And that includes you
'Cause I don't feel good about me
Good about me around you

 

[fox69]

"Good Friend"

"Good Friend"



In a hungry time
In the middle world
Pearls before swine
In the dark a girl

Where are you this time
I consider you to be
A good friend of mine

In a haunted life
Will you take my call
I can't win this fight
Unless you take a fall

Where you are this time
I consider you to be
A good friend of mine

I consider you to be
A good friend of mine

I consider you to be
A good friend of mine

I consider you to be
A good friend of mine

 

[fox69]

"Good Life"

"Good Life"



There is a ghost in each of us
Before we're ever born
There is a ghost in each of us
And all must learn mourn
Muhammad Ali
He said what's on his mind
Muhammad Ali
Could change the course of time
There is a ghost in each of us
Before we hit the grave
There is a ghost in each of us
A ghost we each must save
Muhammad Ali
Spoke in poetry
Muhammad Ali
Gave all to you and me
There is a ghost in all of us
Who runs when we're asleep
There is a ghost in all of us
A diamond you can't keep

Sometimes I want to take you home
Sometimes, sometimes I want to be alone
To wake up from the good life
To fix up from the dull night

Sometimes I want to take you home
Sometimes, sometimes I want to be alone
To wake up from the good life
To fix up from the dull night

To wake up from the good life
To fix up from the dull night

Oh, let's go
You
Let's go
Rock
And roll

To wake up from the good life
To fix up from the dull night
To wake up from the good life
To fix up from the dull night

 

[fox69]

"Gypsy Faded"

"Gypsy Faded"



I am ready and I'm letting go now
That is what I am doing
That's what this turmoil has been all about
That and the rumors of who you've been screwing
I'm not burying my head in the sand
I say this with peace love and understanding
I'm glad you're in some kinda peaceful place now
But darling you were definitely the last one of us standing

When you
Gypsy faded on us
I needed to say goodbye
But you
Gypsy faded on us

I guess there's always a chance of us coming back together
But that seems unlikely in this kind of weather
I just never saw it coming so forgive me the shock
Of becoming a stranger walking down my own block
I'm getting over it though you are fading from my view
And soon I hope you will be gone as I have been gone for you
I do however want to say that I wish you the best
Past the anger of betrayal and the need to second guess

When you
Gypsy faded on us
I needed to say goodbye
But you
Gypsy faded on us

I don't feel you anymore
We were holding phantom hands
I don't feel you anymore
We were holding phantom hands

I don't want stir this all back up
But leavin' in Vegas proved extra painful for me
It's easier to deal with things like this when they're clear
Whereas once I was blind, I can finally see

And like that old saying goes
When you let your bird fly
If she comes back to you
She's really yours and free
But this time you didn't come back
So I guess you weren't mine
I still love you of course
But I let go of the need

When you
Gypsy faded on us
I needed to say goodbye
But you
Gypsy faded on us

When you
Gypsy faded on us
I needed to say goodbye
But you
Gypsy faded on us

 

[fox69]

"Hang Around Here"

"Hang Around Here"



Your tongue is a razor blade
(should be) careful of the things you say
('cause you) you speak your mind at me all day
(of stitching) of stitching up the games we play

Hey yeah, don't have to hang around here
Hang around here
I keep getting left behind

Hey yeah, don't have to hang around here
Hang around here
I'll go someplace I can't be found

I'll hang like my picture of you
The one I took of you coming down
Your sitting on the sideways chair
My feet never touch the ground

Hey yeah, don't have to hang around here
Hang around here
I keep getting left behind

Hey yeah, don't have to hang around here
Hang around here
I'll go someplace I can't be found
I'll go someplace I can't be found
I'll go someplace I can't be found
I'll go someplace I can't be found

 

[fox69]

"Haunted Eyes"

"Haunted Eyes"



Your eyes are as big as a quarter when they're shining
Your fingers reach down in my stomach lining
Your voice sounds just like an alley cat is crying
I got the feeling you have never once stopped trying to undress me
You make yourself into a mirror to reflect me
I see my eyes are shallow stones
In a prison made of bones
Wrapped in a bag of skin
Highlighted by the lines of repetition
That all my fear's been carving

Haunted eyes
Sing in secret
And your haunted eyes
Are huge and empty
And your haunted eyes
Flutter just like butterfly wings
And your haunted eyes
They always watch you breathing

Drenching thunder rolls right by me
I'm only visible when you're beside me
And what I can't possess still remains inside of me
Its violence coming out of your mouth now
Is at once menacing and hard to see
Oh but finally I think I see
That you are fat and you are flat
You are a star in a jar
You're a monster with nothing who's been chewing
On the worm your best friend your pet fish was pursuing

Haunted eyes
Flutter just like butterfly wings
And your haunted eyes
They always watch you breathing

You're the only witness so if you die
I don't think I'm considered guilty of this crime
I take it to bed with me each and every night
The guilt wakes me up and shades my morning light
'Cause people break
In fact I helped you to destruct
I'll say anything you want but I can't reconstruct
You only tell more lies in a darker shade of white
Hurry up and punish me so I can feel alright
Forever, if ever, only ever, never

And your haunted eyes
Sing in secret
And your haunted eyes
Are huge and empty
And your haunted eyes
Flutter just like butterfly wings
And your haunted eyes
They always watch you breathing

 

[fox69]

"Heart's A Soldier"

"Heart's A Soldier"



You can't get to Brooklyn riding on the uptown train
You're gonna be a crook until you stop dealing in cocaine
Still you provide for your family any way that you still can
And you remember when they told you you would always be the man

The way we prey
On each other, on each other
Go on, show a little faith in me
Go on, show a little faith in me

You know the times are tougher, tougher than they've ever been before
Because the streets are rougher, rougher than the bedroom door
You try to change the weather even though you know it's a mistake
Because the heart's a soldier, even though you know it's gonna break

The way we prey
On each other, on each other
Go on, show a little faith in me
Go on, show a little faith in me

It's a real tough life when you're searching for ecstasy
Go on, show a little faith in me

Sometimes the path to freedom is the one that no one else believes
Sometimes to rise above them you have to get down on you knees

Try to pray
For each other, for each other
Go on, show a little faith in me
Go on, show a little faith in me

It's a real tough life when you're searching for ecstasy
So go on, show a little faith in me