On Your Back(Out There Mix)

Franck Jones

A work in progress. Lyrics, vocal and vocal melody Bill White of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia, music by Arthur Mook, aka Tevil X Bloom, from Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Finished

Sometimes things just finish. Endless space diminished.
The solar wind unsteady; dimensions at the ready.
The seeds we plant are trembling as rain and sun come tumbling;
the disbelievers mumbling about their doubts, or something.
While, in between the unimaginable and the simple day, we seek our fill.
In between the unimaginable and the simple day, we seek our fill.
We seek our fill. We seek our fill.

The river of forever does not depend on weather; 
it flows through those who hold it and is the sum of what enfolds it.
All living beings waste, waiting in endless hesitating.
The goblet, pure, presented, when not accepted is resented.
While, in between the unimaginable and the simple day, we seek our fill.
In between the unimaginable and the simple day, we seek our fill.

Finished

Verse 1
They’re hittin 120 on the 405
To steal a few dollars just to try and survive
Six dollar gas and our hands are tied
You can drive through but can’t go inside

Pre Chorus
So what the hell is happening to our town
everything has changed as far as I’ve found 


 Chorus
Cuz we cant dance in this rain
Even in our darkest nights
Embracing all the pain
When there’s no hope left in sight
We’re just searching for our way
Into the light

Verse 2
So we’re all lost souls in a world so cold
Thousands left homeless that we cannot hold
Haunted by our ghosts of  just yesterday
Let’s hold eachother close as we find our way. 

Prechorus 2
So what the hell is happening to our town
everything has changed as far as I’ve found 


 Chorus 2
Cuz we cant dance in this rain
Even in our darkest nights   
Embracing all the pain
When there’s no hope left in sight
Cuz you know we’ll find our way
Into the light

Into the light

Verse 1
This old bar could use a can of paint
But the beer is still as cold
And this old dance floor still looks the same
But not without you to hold

Pre-Chorus 1
So many memories we had in this place
What I wouldn't give now to see your face

Chorus
In the corner of my eye, I see you here
I look to the sky to watch you disappear
In the corner of my eye I can still imagine
 you're still here with me
Just a smiling and a laughing
In the corner of my eye

Verse 2
Theyask about you from time to time
I just smile and say I just don’t know
And I can drive myself crazy sometimes
Such a fool to let you go

Pre-Chorus 2
Past the dartboard and the neon signs
I turn my head around and then I find

Chorus
In the corner of my eye, I see you here
I look to the sky to watch you disappear
In the corner my eye I can still imagine
you're still here with me
Just a smiling and a laughing
In the corner of my eye

Bridge
I still reach for your hand when the nights get long
Still hear your voice in my favorite song
Some days I swear I can see you walking in
Then it knocks me down all over again

Chorus out


Corner of My Eye

[Verse 1]
I missed the call but saw your name 
at a smoky bar with a tied up game
Stumble home to a plate 
you must have just left out
With a note that said
you better figure it out
You must have gone to your mom's
 cause your purse is gone
Now it's just an empty house
 and it feels so wrong
It's hit me harder 
than I thought it would
You're hanging on longer 
than you probly should but
{Pre-Chorus]
I know I can give you so much more
And I know you've heard it all before
{Chorus}
This time I'm gonna mean it
This time girl I can feel it
I know that maybe you can't see it
Cause this time it's for real girl
We've come too far for you to leave it
I'll write it down and you can read it
You know you better believe it
Cause this time I guarantee it
(Yeah) this time I'm gonna mean it
[Verse 2]
I've got a black belt in drinking cold beer
A PHD in really dumb ideas
But I'm trying so hard to leave it behind
I know I'm a lucky man when you're still mine
You left the light on just in case
But here I come a few beers too late
I know I asked for you to give me one last try
And I know I left you sitting here just wondering why now
[Pre-Chorus]
You're the only one worth fighting for
I know you've heard it all before
(Chorus)
This time I'm gonna mean it
This time girl I can feel it
I know that maybe you can't see it
Cause this time it's for real girl
We've come too far for you to leave it
I'll write it down and you can read it
You're gonna make you believe it
Cause this time I guarantee it
(Yeah) this time I'm gonna mean it
(Yeah) this time I'm gonna mean it
Bridge
 I swore last time would be the last
But that promise came in so fast
You know some old habits die slow
But that's no reason to let go
(Half Chorus)
This time i'm gonna mean it
I'll write it down and you can read it
You know this time I guarantee it
Cause I'm gonna make you believe it
(Yeah) this time I'm gonna mean it
This time I'm gonna mean it

This Time I'm Gonna Mean It

Without A Trace
TimothyMichaelMusic
13 AUG 2025

V1
East Tennessee
What a memory
That Smoky Mountain proposal

Thought we fit like a glove
I was so in love
But you were just a poser

You’re a whiskey man
You mapped your plan
For a tasting in every place

Then I took you to Kentucky
For your cherished Buffalo Trace

Chorus
I used to reach for you 
When I needed something stronger
But this bottle’s all that’s left
Yeah, It damn sure lasted longer

Was I just a shot to you?
Was I that easy to replace?
You left the bottle on the counter
And disappeared 
Without A Trace

V2.
No call, no text, no letter
You never even said goodbye

It’s probably for the better
But now I’m wondering why?

Chorus
I used to reach for you 
When I needed something stronger
But this bottle’s all that’s left
Yeah, It damn sure lasted longer

Was I just a shot to you?
Was I that easy to replace?
You left the bottle on the counter
And disappeared 
Without A Trace

Bridge
Your leaving helped me remove my whiskey goggles
I’m so glad you didn’t stay for the whole bottle

Chorus
I used to reach for you 
When I needed something stronger
But this bottle’s all that’s left
Yeah, It damn sure lasted longer

Guess I’m just a shot to you
You needed something else to chase
You left the bottle on the counter
And disappeared 
Without A Trace






Without  A Trace

Ch
Yeah I won't  break, I won't  drown
 won't fall apart, No i won't break down
You just talked, to be heard
I looked for meaning in those words
Not building the same life at all
I was climbing, You're scared to fall
It’s for the best — no doubt
 maybe someday
you’ll figure it out
ooh  ooh
you'll figure it out

Figure it out

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