NoTWE (in progress)

Lyrics:

'It's Tuesday morning so I'll guess he'll find himself on the same old train, to the same old place.
Every fortnight's the same, as he's standing in line, signing on again.
And every week go by and it's that same old same, that same old pain he'll on saying but it's never his fault he's signing on again.

My son he made me smile the other day,
says he's got a girl he loves to be around.
I said you need to work before you get to play,
and if you want a job you better knuckle down.

See I got more money in my pocket, 
than I did this time yesterday.
Guess that makes me a man don't it, 
makes me a man in some way, to him.

Ask him to sit and wonder what has kept him under,
sure he'll quick to tell you someone else's failures were to blame.
Problem was I was dealt a bad hand too early on in life I've heard him say, I've heard him say.

Did I say I saw my son again the other day,
says he got the job and yeah he's doing well.
Asked me if there was anything I needed in any way,
he even tried to leave some money on my shelf. I told him,

I got more money in my pocket, 
than I did this time yesterday.
That makes me a man don't it, 
that makes me a man in some way, again.'

This Time Yesterday

Lyrics:

'I'm hypnotised watching, 
shadows cast by picture perfect petals on your skin,
as you lay beneath that rose bush in the garden.
You insist on playing hide and seek but always let me win,
when it's time to look for you again and again I hear you calling me over.

don't let our games be over
don't let this day be over
please say you'll stay over
so I don't have to be alone tonight.
So I don't have to be alone tonight.

'Cos I'm hypnotised watching,
translucent imprintations of your lips upon the glass.
So subtle they remind me of that same lip taste that traces from the past.
And so we'll wind up talking till the early morning light,
no time to cuss or argue, ain't no time to fuss or fight, you call me over

don't let our games be over
don't let this day be over
please say you'll stay over
so I don't have to be alone tonight.
So I don't have to be alone tonight.
So we don't have to be alone tonight.
So we don't have to be alone alright.

cos i'm hypnotised watching you.'

Don't Have To Be Alone

Lyrics:

'Well I'm sorry if my voice is wearing thin,
see I been calling 'cross this valley through the coldest winds.
I've even climbed up to the treetops where the air is thin.
In the hopes that I would hear you calling back again,
but I ain't heard you call me back again.

See waiting's so much harder when you don't know what you're waiting on,
like sand without a timer, leaves you no reminder what's to come.
See a friend pass by as I'm sitting here, so they keep me company,
they waited there beside me as I waited for you.

So I'm sorry if my sight is growing dim, 
from all these evenings watching sunsets sat beside my friend.
See hours wrapped in laughter, tastes like time well spent to me,
and food for thought is talk of future so we rush right in. We rush right in singing.

But waiting's so much harder when you don't know what you're waiting on,
like sand without a timer, leaves you no reminder of what's to come.
Still my days roll by oh so causally, filled with friends and family,
and they all waited there beside me as I waited for you, you know I've waited for you.

So I'm sorry if my tears have all run dry,
you see this well is out of water seven years gone by. 
So now you'll come looking for me but it's far too late to hear your reasons,
why'd you think your words are even welcome here.
There ain't a thing that I could wish to hear,
that's gonna mend the pain from all the days I failed to hear from you.
You know I've failed to hear from you.

So I'm sorry if my love is wearing thin, 
I guess I'm just not that same person that you knew back then.
And the best that we can hope for is to start again,
but not until the time is right to let you in.
So you can sit and wait for me to let you in, 
singing.

Cos waiting's so much harder when you don't know what you're waiting on,
like sand without a timer, leaves you no reminder of what's to come.
I hope your days roll by oh so causally, filled with friends and new family,
but you could have waited there beside me like I waited for you, you know I waited for you.
Truth is I'm still waiting on you.'

Doug Sure

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