lyrics:
well it's the right time for livin' when the sun's going down
the right time for livin' when the sun's going down
you could leave but i know that you got nowhere to stay
so let's raise a glass and drink our blues away

you found yourself in those tapered jeans
i found myself with a beauty queen
we'll never know how things might have been
and that's perfectly alright with me

Raise A Glass

O The Night

The first in a series of one-mic living room recordings.

Lyrics:
if the light should mistakenly leave you
if it's all an unbearable mess
if there's nothing but cold eyes around you
and your mettle just can't pass the test

put your mind upon
what's the last thing you'll say or you'll do
and you'll find that there's

nothing but time
and it's on your side

lyrics:

a favorable reaction just isn't in the cards
without some sense of action, found among the shards
of a broke down reflection 
that costs more than you could ever pay

intended resolution that never hit it's mark
compounded by solutions you made up in the dark
while you wasted all the hours
hiding from the light of day

you wear down my resistance with assistance from a
crippled mind
i've found that your persistent inconsistencies have made you blind

Broke Down Reflection

lyrics:

tracing the line of fire
holding onto remnants of truth expired
situation's getting out of control
waking with sleepless eyes
walking under bridges and pale blue skies
searching for a buyer for your soul

halfway isn't bad with sights set low
(supply the endless demand)
no sense in arguing what we all know
(it's all gone wrong in your hands)
maybe someday soon your pace will slow
(when things have gone to far)
go and take your bow before the show)
'cause everyone knows who you are

fade out
lights down
cold hands
broken crown
slight turn
dead space
fallen
disgrace

what's left to say or do
comfort only comes when your words ring true
and truth has never been your strongest suit
so strike up the band to play
dirges that compose only means of escape
time has come to end this failed pursuit

Halfway

lyrics:

stumbled 'bout halfway to hell and it seems
it's still much to early to sell off the dreams
nearly wasted by chasing
a light that was destined to fade

somehow it took all of 31 years
to sound out the words that i never could hear
now i find i'm rewinding
the tapes that just beg to be replayed

and the eyes of the world keep their watch in the night
as the moon makes its way through the columns of light in the morning
awaken to find that we're frozen in time
beyond where our troubles are borne

so baby let's leave it behind
find some new skin to hold this new wine
i look down the line
see our pace just slow down with the time
the years have been kind
so we wait to learn what cannot be defined
it may take our whole lives
i hope you don't mind

jakegoodmanmusic