Stopgap

(lyrics by Dan Johnson)

the squirrels in York today
are coming out to play
it felt like spring today
it felt like it's the day
it's the day
and as he climbs the tree
it makes me want to be
I don't know what to do
wish I could talk with u
talk with u


Talk With You

shut the fuck up

every morning I wake up stuck in a trance
put on my new sunglasses and I zip up my new shants
it's not a habit no, it's just my new routine
I smoke another cigarette and pour me some caffeine

shut the fuck up

I'm shunny one but I still act like I'm sixteen
fresh out of mental rehab yeah you bet your ass I'm clean
I miss it so much but I swear I miss you more
I passed out on the concrete man god damn my head is sore

shut the fuck up
I just don't care

Obnoxious (Shut the Fuck Up)

Strange, it feels so strange
lately I've been looking toward this guy
so deranged, far out of range
I feel so strange
Basic, it's how I've been
God knows that I've been trying
still coming up with nothing
still coming up with nothing
Meet me by the playground

Hey Kate
It was nice to know you
though I never knew you
it's nice to dream
Hey Kate
it was nice to know you
Old carolina
where you can dream

Safe, I play it safe
Life just isn't fair
and you cut your hair
and it looks SO good

Hey Kate
it was nice to know you
though I never knew you
It's nice to dream
Hey Kate
it was nice to know you
old carolina
where we can dream


Hey Kate!

you don’t know just what my week’s consisted of
don’t smile and look at me like that, 
I’m not high like that, no no, not today
head down at the dinner table, not hungry, I’ll eat later
please tell me any more about this problem you have
head full of all your fables, not present, I’ll see ya later
please tell me all the rest when I’ve had a bit to drink

I don’t care which direction you head in
just make sure you don’t stop on your way out
I don’t notice, you still chose this
just to please him once more 
though your mouth's growing sore

don’t plant things just to watch them die, months go by 
you sink into despair, into the air, goodbye
you say things just to track a smile, and all the while
your crossing hearts behind, and it’s no wonder why
down in the depths of your mellow, my eyes are turning yellow,
you’re just a doll with no expression left to give in your eyes
down in this so called hell and, all the words I hear us yelling
and I’ll just set myself aside and take it by surprise


no wonder

"The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places."

- Raymond Carver

MUSIC from RYAN EMMERT
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Stopgap

Ryan Emmert Band

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