Sometimes when I see a street sign, I reminisce about another place and time ...

Whatever Happened To Jessie Jones?

Do you like my scent? Do you like my bower? Do you like this booty call? Do you like these flowers?

This Isn't Love, This Is A Mating Call

Lay me down, lay me down
Wrap your loving arms around me
And lay me down, oh lord
Lay me down, lay me down
Put your sweet arms around me
And lay me down, oh lord

My soul is weak, my flesh is weak
And there are things that passed between us
Things of which i would not speak
I'm like a child, an unholy child
A child that rails against your goodness
A fool that won't be satisfied

I've done you wrong, I've done you wrong
I don't expect to gain forgiveness 
Or redemption by a song
But I lay it down, lay it down
As a symbol of repentance
Sackcloth, an ashen crown

So lay me down….

Lay Me Down

Night's coming
There's darkness drawing in
Light's fading
The world is growing dim
Do you have to go
Into the night alone?

Clock's ticking
Our final moments away
I wish you'd
Change your mind and stay
Do you have to leave?
Can't you stay with me?
You’re all that I need

Stay with me a little while
And hold me close to you
Maybe we could dance again
The way we used to do
I could never let you go
Into the dark night alone

Oh hold me close
Don't let me go

There's something
Different about tonight
There’s something
Hidden in your eyes
You don't have to leave
You can stay with me
I’ve got what you need

Stay With Me A Little While

You know I miss you when you go
I just wish I told you so (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
Aw I hate to see you leave 
Yeah I miss your company (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
Yet I seem to do you wrong
We wind up singing that same old song (ooh ooh, woo hoo)

I know you think I compromise
You made your choices, I made mine (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
But you don't need to hide the glass
We can let those small things pass (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
Twenty years have been and gone
Still we're singing that same old song (ooh ooh, woo hoo)

Blood flows thicker than the water between
You know we'll never get to heaven with this mud on our knees
Never get away from sibling rivalry
You know we'll never get to heaven with this mud on our knees

You know at first the crack was thin
Couldn't slide a paper in (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
But the time got in, the crack grew wide
Never should've left you behind (ooh ooh, woo hoo)
And you're not the same as me but
We dreamed the same dreams separately

You Know I Miss You When You Go

I am restless, I'm a rolling stone
I'm a lonely navigator looking for a home
I been restless, baby, since you left my bed
What am I going to do with these problems running through my head?

I'm restless, I'm torn up inside
Can't get away from my troubled mind 
Looking for answers that I just can't find
Why do you think I love you, when you're so unkind 

I'm restless and I'm wide awake
I'm pounding streets for pounding's sake
Always heading out, never heading home
Wandering, wandering, wandering, wandering all alone
This wandering won't make answers clear - 
But how can I stay put, babe, when you're not here?


Restless

You leave me
You don't even tell me where you're going
I say, well well well
You come back
You don’t let on what you’ve been doing
I say, well well well
You go out
You don't even stop to say you're sorry
I say, well well well
You don't speak 
And then you tell me not to worry
I say, well well well

Well Well Well

In a city, in a concert hall (and not the Albert Hall) before a crowd grown grey and old, the old totem stands alone. It's a pity about the scattered crowd but he remains unbowed - so what if everyone else has died? He knows you can't stop time even if you tried

Just like Charlie Chaplin in the 60s
Johnny Cash in the 80s
Even Axl Rose in the 00s
After the love has gone
And the world is moving on
Do you just keep on, keeping on?

Don't be bitter
Look at the faces here, Play 'em what they came to hear
And they'll remember how they were
And how the candle's burnt but it's not guttered yet

You're like Louis Armstrong in the 60s
Frank Sinatra in the 80s
Leonard Cohen in the 00s
You keep on keeping on
Though the world is moving on
For those with whom you're traveling on 

Old Totem

See how my hummingbird flies
She opens up her wings and then she's gone again
See how this little ship sails
The strong east wind that carries her away
Just like the water moves in a fast flowing stream
I watch the days whip by like the memory of a dream
I guess if you've never loved, you won't know what I mean
She's everything I need
Mmm, as I live and breathe
I, I, I, I want her for myself
Not anybody else
Just me
I, I, I, I, I'd never let her go 
Oh I love her so
Damn deep

Do you see this little boy lost?
A king of nowhere, out there, prowling   
Look how this little man roars 
You know it breaks my heart to see my baby's hand in yours

Some nights the black crows come nesting in those trees
Some nights I fall asleep and I wake up in my jeans
I can't give you what you want and you can't come home with me
She's everything I need
Mmmm, as I live and breathe 

Chorus

I I I I I Want you to want me (x3)
I I I I I  As I live and breathe

Chorus

Hummingbird

Don't see why we should break up
Can't we just kiss and make up
You say I'm slow on the take up
Should smell the coffee and wake up

Why are you acting so stuck up?
Talking like it’s me that mucked up
You say for god’s sake just buck up
I think I know when my luck’s up

How much dirt can you rake up? 
You're full of lies and you're fake - uh
You’re lying face down and face up
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up

I was going to give 
You all of my money
Aw, you think that's funny?
I'm so over you 
I was going to give  
You all of my lovin’
But now you get nothin’
I'm so over you

And I know that you 
Got your resentments all backed up
Long list of grievances stacked up
I think you’re starting to crack up
Just grab a suitcase and pack up

Oh it’s all true if you say so
Don’t let the facts get in the way, no 
Of course you’re right if you know so
You have it all you own way, oh

(Shut Up) Kiss And Make Up

Is there somewhere we can go
Somewhere concealed that nobody knows
Somewhere that's deep in shadow
A hidden  place apart

I have a secret to tell
All about love and oh how I fell
Under your perfect spell
You had me from the start
I whisper in the dark

I, I, have loved you all this time
My heart is open wide, I’m cut deep
I whisper, without hope or agenda
That I'm yours if you want me to be

Whisper In The Dark

You can ask yourself "How did I get here?"
You can tell yourself "it'll all work out"
You can look for positives or help from up above
But you'll never talk yourself, into or out of love

Maybe he's a fool, he's got no money
Maybe he's a ringer for that boy who broke your heart 
Maybe he's plain trouble, but if you get that buzz
You know you'll never talk yourself into or out of love 
Into or out of love, Into or out of love
Or misery

She might be a beauty, or a saint
She might  just be everything that you ain’t
She might be too good for you, but if that's not enough
You know you'll never talk yourself into or out of love

Maybe love is blind, or love is foolish
Or giving something you’ve not got to someone who’s not there
Maybe no one’s felt this way, or everybody does 
But  you’ll never talk yourself into or out of love 

You might find your love is shared or not reciprocated.
You might find your lover cares or your heart gets desecrated
You might rue the day you met or think maybe she does
But you'll never talk yourself into or out of love

Into or out of love, Into or out of love
You know you'll never talk yourself into or out of love

Into Or Out Of Love

I know I could achieve so much 
If it wasn't for these love affairs
All the time I spend running around
After doomed and failed love affairs
Just think what I could do, all that good
I know I should, and I'm sure that I would
But all these little love affairs take time
And they do me no good

But I get so tired of being alone
So I roam around from home to home
But I'm never satisfied 
I guess I'm addicted to the idea of true love and so I hunt it down
And yet, I'm never satisfied.
So many wasted nights, wasted years
So many silent ceilings, that I've stared at through my tears 
And all my little lover's hopes and fears 
Get ground up in the gears

If it wasn't for these love affairs
I could take waking up alone
If it wasn't for these love affairs
I'd be happy on my own
I know there's so much more, I would achieve
Maybe I'd be a master of zen, I'd paint my masterpiece
But all these little love affairs take time 
And all my energy

Aaron Graeme Nelson

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