I had a girl back in Kingston
I hoped that she would be my bride
But away I was sent down to London
And these were the words that she cried:

Billy, come home
Don’t you stay away so long
Billy, come home
Don’t you leave me no more

On board the ship Caledonia
Many men ended up dead
Sometimes I wished I would join ‘em
But remembered the words that she said:

Billy, come home…

I suffered the earth in old England
I suffered the skies up above
I suffered the Germans in France
But always I thought of my love

Billy, come home…

I sailed my blue kite to victory
I conquered the earth from the sky
And then I came home to my darling
Never again shall she cry:

Billy, come home…

Billy Come Home

Seven years to go
Seven, that’s what they told me
My brother, I write letters
But I’m scared I might run out of words

Seven flights of stairs
I run to the top, but you’re not there anymore
My brother, why’d you have to go?
There’s got to be more, a reason, I don’t know

I try to piece together the story
From the clippings on the floor
Did you do it for the glory
Or for the war?

You used to say that they could never force us out
Never break apart our family, there’s no doubt
They wouldn’t have a leg to stand on
You said with that laughing smile
But now our home stands empty
They didn’t even want to fill it!
So what for? I hope you did it for the war

Seven stories high
Seven broken windows reveal the steel sky
Why’d you do it? Were you trying to take a stand?
Protect your people, both feet on borrowed land

Seven empty floors
No hearts beating behind these doors
No one sheltering below that hallowed roof
Did you do it for the truth?

Seven

I guess the dream has come to pass
It seems a drink’s in order
Congratulations, all that jazz
No more treading water

And if I heard you on the radio
I wouldn’t recognize your voice
Oh no
No more

You’re not that much changed after all
I didn’t see that coming	
You’ve never had so far to fall
Still you took it running

And if I saw you on the TV
I would not believe my eyes
The boy done good	
That’s what they say

But did you really?
Not really
Not really

Your face glows on the big screen
The best thing they’ve all ever seen
You’ve achieved so much
But the picture’s fuzzy
Your Midas hand turns all to gold
But from the past a voice blows cold
Who first felt that touch
And how old was she?

No more questions from the crowd
The session’s over
It’s been a pleasure, thanks, goodbye
I can’t get closer

And even if I grabbed your throat
I could not cut through all the love
Rush like a river
Wash me away

Who are you really?
Who are you really?
Who are you really?

Boy Done Good

I see you on the corner
I see you in the street
You’re everywhere I go now

I couldn’t do without you
I can’t do anything
Can’t not think about you

You’re always there
In my mind, in my eyes
Always there
Oh, please come closer
You’re always there
When I turn around, I want to see you
There
Come closer, come closer

I see you in the mirror
Before I see myself
Just over my shoulder

I feel you in the nighttime
Do I even want this?
Touch me in the darkness

You’re always there
My both eyes turn to follow
Always there
Please come closer
You’re always there
I don’t even miss my breath
Oh, are you there?
Come closer, closer

Come closer
I need you next to me, yeah
Closer

You’re always there
And I’m holding back my heartbeat
Always there
I need you closer
You’re always there
Like a bell, I’m struck in silence
If you’re there
Come closer

Come Closer

I’ve reached a new low
Bet you’re surprised how much lower I could go
I’ve got you to thank for some of it
And the rest piled up like snow
I just thought you might like to know

It seems
All your hopes for me were pipe dreams
The grey skies of my destiny
Were too much for your sunbeams
Only steel still gleams

And when I finish writing this note to you
I doubt you’ll know much more than you already do
But still, you might feel satisfied
You never liked to leave loose ends untied
You always claimed I sometimes lied
Well, babe, here’s something true

I’m running out of space
No more lines upon the paper, no more tears upon my face
When you read these words tomorrow
Won’t you grant me a little grace?
I’ve reached a new low, and I know this is my place

New Low

If You Call

If I ever leave my body, I'm leaving it to you
I believe you'll do the things someone needs to do
When no one else is there to consign me to seas unknown
You'll be with me, but you'll be alone

I hope it's not too heavy; I know that you'll make do
Someone else could do it, but I’d rather it were you
It doesn't really matter, I won't be there to mind
But I want you to be the last I leave behind

Some tell me, you’re still young, you’ve got a lot of time ahead
Others say, get ready, any day you could wake up dead
I don’t think it’s something I could ever forget
But I don't want to think about leaving yet

Think About Leaving

You’ve got all the world before you
And you’ve got to make your choice
I know many more adore you
I’m a single fading voice
And the clamor of your future
Drowns the whispers of your youth
You’ve got all the gold and glory now
Who even needs the truth?
But there were times we had
So let’s have just one more
For the good and for the bad
And let me be your tonight

I’ll send you off in the morning
I won’t stand and watch you go
We lay side by side a-dreaming
But what I dreamt, you’ll never know
It’s all gone with the dawn anyhow
Things look different in the light
Did I say those words? Or did you?
Or was it just a trick of the night?
I don’t know anymore
Let tomorrow bring tomorrow
That’s not what we’re both here for
Let me be your tonight

And in case you change your mind
I’ll be waiting, I’ll be waiting
In case you change your mind
I’ll be waiting for you

Let Me Be Your Tonight

The first time I died, it didn’t take too long
Till I wafted up to those pearly gates
But they kinda looked like a fast-food drive-through
And a disembodied voice said “Please wait.”
Then it came back on the intercom
And said “For here? Or to go?”
And I shyly said, “I think I’m dead
Am I at the wrong window?”

The voice said, “Don’t fret, sugar,
I see it’s your first time around.
The way things work here, you can stay with us now
Or if you want, you can head back down
For one more cycle.
So what’s it gonna be?
Are you ready for eternity in paradise?”
I said, “Well, let me see…”

Nope, I’ll have one with everything
All the happiness, all the pain
Give me one life with everything
All the flowers growing in the rain
I said, I’ll have one with everything
All the love, all the loss
Give me one life with everything
I don’t care how much it costs

So I’m back down here doing everything
For the first time once again
Of course I lost my last-life memories
But every now and then
The sun shines a little sweeter
The breeze blows oh so kind
And somehow I know, before I go
And leave this all behind

I want to have one with everything
All the happiness, all the pain
Give me one life with everything
All the flowers growing in the rain
Yeah, I’ll have one with everything
All the love, all the loss
Give me one life with everything
And I don’t care how much it costs
I don’t care how much it costs

One with Everything

Some love is like a mountain
A promise unbounded
A peak so high it hides among the clouds
You claimed nothing’s insurmountable
Even the stars are countable
But looking out my only window, I have my doubts

I can’t see much sky anymore
But this tiny square of dark
Holds so many mocking sparks
Far away

And for me, life means life
The end’s already painted on the walls
For me, life means life
I can’t hear the songbird when she calls
My dreams walk twenty-five thousand miles
Every night searching for you
But the day breaks me too
And life is all I can do

“I’ll be with you for life”
Words melt in the light
No matter how many pretty things you said
I’m still in my cage
And someday you’ll turn the page
And not every book ends up read

Your heart swings like a pendulum
Ticking down the days
There’s only so many ways
A life can go

And for me, life means life…

When you write a story
You must choose life or glory
And even the longest sentence
Has to end

For me, life means life…

Jinx

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