Carry On, San Vicente (2016)

 

Wildflower lyrics - Dave Barnes

Wildflower, can't you see it's time for you to settle down?
Blame it on the wind you're in some desert town, it feels so far away.
Wildflower, you finally found the all-alone you dreamed about.
Maybe there's no one there that can hurt you now, but it's quite a price to pay.

The hardest thing I ever did was watch you go.
Now you're underneath some other sky so blue.
Can't you see, I'm still in love with you?

Wildflower, I wish that I could be the one to change your mind.
That you can pick up all the pieces that you left behind when you come back to stay someday.

The hardest thing I ever did was watch you go.
Now you're underneath some other sky so blue.
Why can't you see I'm still in love with you?

There's a risk in loving you
I'd take again and again and again it's true.
Baby, I wait for you.
Wildflower.

The hardest thing I ever did was watch you go.
Now you're underneath some other sky so blue.
Maybe all I wanted was to hold you close
Like you've never let somebody do.
After all this time I'm still in love with you.
Wildflower, I'm still in love.

Glow Like The Moon lyrics - Dave Barnes

She may say goodbye but lord her eyes
Glow like the moon

She, she's gonna hurt you
She, she's gonna break your heart
She, she don't even know it
That's the hardest part

You'll be laughing when she's smiling
Broken when she don't
Begging for her kissing
Dying when she won't
Waiting on I love you's
That never come too soon
She may say goodbye but lord her eyes
Glow like the moon

She, she ain't a liar
She, never means no harm
See, the hearts just like a fire
Lord it keeps you warm

You'll be laughing when she's smiling
Broken when she don't
Begging for her kissing
Dying when she won't
Waiting on I love you's
that never come too soon
She may say goodbye but lord her eyes
Glow like the moon

You'll be laughing when she's smiling
Broken when she don't
Begging for her kissing
Dying when she won't
Waiting on I love you's
that never come too soon
She may say goodbye but lord her eyes

You'll be laughing when she's smiling
Broken when she don't
Begging for her kissing
Dying when she won't
Waiting on I love you's
that never come too soon
She may say goodbye but lord her eyes
Glow like the moon
Glow like the moon

Honey, I'm Coming Home lyrics - Dave Barnes

Baby, leave the key on the porch tonight
I'll be coming home before the morning light
Don't you worry baby, it'll be alright
Honey, I'm coming home

I'm tired of skylines
I'm tired of missing you
And all these goodbyes
No, they just won't do
First California
Then Santa Fe
I'm counting sunsets
'Til I see your pretty face

Baby, leave the key on the porch tonight
I'll be coming home before the morning light
Don't you worry baby, it'll be alright
Honey, I'm coming home

Put on some makeup
A little red dress too
If you can stay up
We can have a midnight rendezvous

Baby, leave the key on the porch tonight
I'll be coming home before the morning light
Don't you worry baby, it'll be alright
Honey, I'm coming home

Every night when I fall asleep
Baby, I'm dreaming of you
(Baby, I'm dreaming of you)
I can't take another minute away
Another second baby just won't do

Baby, leave the key on the porch tonight
I'll be coming home before the morning light
Don't you worry baby, it'll be alright
Honey, I'm coming home

Baby, leave the key on the porch tonight
I'll be coming home before the morning light
Don't you worry baby, it'll be alright
Honey, I'm coming home
Honey, I'm coming home
Honey, I'm coming home

Nothing Like You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Streets full of people
Souls full of sparks
Days full of color
Turning nights full of stars

Everywhere I've ever been
I come back time and time again

Cause there ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you

Bluest skies to the ocean tides
All got something to prove
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you

There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you

My head's full of trouble
My heart just won't sleep
Only you and every one of your kisses
Bring that healing to me

The stories that are mine to tell
All got you and all end well

Cause there ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you

Bluest skies to the ocean tides
All got something to prove
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you

There ain't nothing like you
There ain't nothing like you

There ain't nothing like the way I feel
When there's nothing but me and you
Your love has got a hold on me
There's nothing that I can do

There's nothing like you
There ain't nothing like you

There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you, ain't nothing like you

Bluest skies to the ocean tides
All got something to prove
There ain't nothing like you
Ain't nothing like you

There ain't nothing like you...
Ain't nothing like you...

EP: "Hymns For Her" (2015)

Darlin' lyrics - Dave Barnes

Darlin' let down your hair
Let those worries blow out into the summer air
Kick up your feet and baby you can leave them there
Darlin' lets take our q's
From the clouds in the sky blowing by without a thing to do.
No where to wait but wasting this day with you

We're all right whatever may be
I got you a baby you got me
We're all right, whatever we do
you got me baby, and I got you to.

Darlin' we got it made
Your kids are at your moma's and baby all the bills are paid
How bout' a kiss, honey I'll meet you half way

We're all right, wherever may be
I got you and baby you got me
We're all right, whatever we do
you got me baby, and I got you to

We're all right wherever may be
I got you a baby you got me
we're all right, whatever we do
you got me baby and I got you to

We're all right happy and free I got you baby you got me
We're all right nothing to lose, you got me baby
and I got you to

Tell Her You Do lyrics - Dave Barnes

Boy you know better than thinkin' she reads your mind
No matter the crumbs and the clues oh that you leave behind

You're hard to believe
I swear she'll believe if it's true
Oooh ooh ooh just tell her you do

Those hurricane kisses are missing the mark that you made
The forest of flowers can't tell her what you want to say

She's wondering something
Her eyes are the first to accuse
Ooh ooh ooh just tell her you do

Your world is the fire she's the flame
And you know her heart feels the same

The windows are open
She glows in the light of the moon
Her every word is a verse and oh you know the tune

Don't keep her waiting
Bravery favors the fool
Ooh ooh ooh just tell her you do

Headlights lyrics - Dave Barnes

Summer time, midnight getaway
I was fallin' for every word you'd say
I'd follow the moon between the pines
Every mile you were on my mind

Oh, we were younger
That was way back before you were mine
I remember those days when love kept us waiting all night
For headlights

With every, sweet, magnolia kiss
Hello, goodbyes hung on our lips
The beginning of us, those swingin' doors
Hearts not the same as they were before

Oh, we were younger
That was way back before you were mine
I remember those days when love kept us waiting all night
For headlights [x2]

The Little I Know lyrics - Dave Barnes

The little I know, thought I'd live in California
Maybe not to settle down, for a season anyway
The little I know, thought some time beside the ocean
Might help what I was hoping for, the things too hard to say

Now it's like the angels singing
It's as gentle as the rain
I hear they come in generations
When she calls my name

The little I know, swore I'd be a preacher
Sermons in a southern town
Where the leaves don't ever change
But dreams don't stay the same

Now it's like the angels singing
It's as gentle as the rain
I hear they come in generations
When she calls my name

Now it's like the angels singing
It's as gentle as the rain
I hear they come in generations
When she calls my name

Good Day For Marrying You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Baby, the sun is shinin'
Dogwoods are comin' in bloom
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you
I'll call my mama and daddy
Baby, you call yours too
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you

I know you by now, which means I know what you're thinking 'bout
Your friends (they keep askin')
About us (with everyday passin')
It's time this fairy tale came true

Baby, the sun is shining
Dogwoods are comin' in bloom
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you
I'll call my mama and daddy
Baby, you call yours too
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you

We got all we need
I'll find a ring if you'll find a shaded tree
My friends (they're all buzzin')
Word's out (everyone's comin')
Better tell 'em to bring a picture too

Baby, the sun is shining
Dogwoods are comin' in bloom
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you
I'll call my mama and daddy
Baby, you call yours too
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you

It's good day, it's about to get better
Every dream is about to come true
No reason to wait, we got the weather
We just need our "do's"

Baby, the sun is shining
Dogwoods are comin' in bloom
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you
I'll call my mama and daddy
Baby, you call yours too
Put on your white dress
Yeah 'cause, oh baby, it's a good day for marrying you

album: "Golden Days" (2014)

Twenty Three lyrics - Dave Barnes

We were gonna be the ones on the radio,
Gonna be the ones with the sold out shows.
Wanted everyone to know our name,
We were busy chasing lights and fame.
A band in a van headed to your town,
Weren't gonna leave 'til ya kicked us out.
Doing what we had to do,
Crashing on a couch or two.

And when the lights went down,
We were singing.

Oh oh oh...
We were young and fun,
Just another band on the run.
Oh oh oh...
We were just chasing dreams,
Finding out in the meantime what it means.
To be young and wild and free.
We were twenty three.

We were staying up way too late on 21st,
Living our lives like a second verse.
Of a song that we all began,
But nobody knows how it ends.
There were summertime shows at the Exit In,
Playing like we'll never get the chance again.
Spotting big shots in the crowd,
Hoping they'd find us out.

And when the lights went down,
We were singing.

Oh oh oh...
We were young and fun,
Just another band on the run.
Oh oh oh...
We were just chasing dreams,
Finding out in the meantime what it means.
To be young and wild and free.
We were twenty three.

Living out our teenage fantasies,
Dreaming about the possibilities.
You never know,
Who'll be on the cover of the next Rolling Stone you see.
And we were singing.

Oh oh oh...
We were young and fun,
Just another band on the run.
Oh oh oh...
We were just chasing dreams,
Finding out in the meantime what it means.
To be young and wild and free.
We were twenty three.

It was brighter by the day and better by the minute.
Having twice as much fun 'cause we were all in it.
[x2]

Loving Los Angeles lyrics - Dave Barnes

LA girl, Cali queen.
Dipping your toes in the seldom scene, oh baby, ooh.
But I guess you did what you thought you should
And it ain't doing my heart no good, oh baby, oh no.

Now I don't know what to do.
Killing time, just waiting on you.

We could have had that good good good easy loving,
That makes the hard times go away.
I tried all I could,
But it isn't really doing me any good.
I'm as low as lonely gets,
And I hear you're loving Los Angeles.

Cali's got the ocean breeze.
But you and I, honey, got history, oh baby, ooh.
And I hear your dreams are coming true
But I got things I wanna dream with you, oh baby.

Now I don't know what to do.
Am I wasting time here waiting on you?

We could have had that good good good easy loving,
That makes the hard times go away.
I tried all I could,
But it isn't really doing me any good.
I'm as low as lonely gets,
And I hear you're loving Los Angeles.

You're the only I've been waiting on.
You're the only I've been waiting on.
You're the only one I'll keep waiting on.
You're the only I've been waiting on.
You're the only I've been waiting on.
You're the only one I'll keep waiting on.

We could have had that good good good easy loving,
That makes the hard times go away.
I tried all I could,
But it isn't really doing me any good.
I'm as low as lonely gets,
And I hear you're loving Los Angeles.

Honey, honey, honey, I wanna wait on you.
Honey, honey, honey, I wanna wait on you.
Honey, honey, honey, I wanna wait on you.

Good lyrics - Dave Barnes

As the sun slowly rises above the river
I look out over all that God has made
Listen as the day starts to awaken
I thank God for things that never change

I can hear her laughing in the kitchen
And the sounds of little footsteps on the stairs
I’ve got all I’ll ever need: a wife, a home, a family
And I thank God for all those answered prayers

And it’s good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should
And it’s so good

Every day’s a gift that I’ve been given
Every breath feels like a second chance
And everything I’ve done heaven has seen
And God just keeps on forgiving me, and I
Do my best to change what I can

And it’s so good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should

And it’s good to know that I have been forgiven
Good to have her laying by my side
I’ve been given more than I deserve
For a past so full of bridges burned
I couldn’t make this better if I tried

And it’s so good
I got more than I ever thought I would
I can finally see how all the wrong turns and the heartaches
The lessons in the mistakes
Help me count these blessings like I should
And it’s so good

All She Wants Is You lyrics - Dave Barnes

She don't need the angels to keep her company.
When the wind is full of worry and her heart won't let her sleep.
She ain't gonna say it, but that don't make it untrue.
All she wants is you.

You would never see it, she'd never let you know.
Cause love's been a landmine that hurt whoever got too close.
She don't need nobody 'cause she's never had to choose.
All she wants is you.

She ain't a liar, but it's hard to tell the truth.
When she's just doing everything she's learned to do.
Cause her heart was a secret until you.

You ain't gotta help her, she don't need you brave.
She may still love you, but her heart ain't yours to save.
Love that's the strongest you never have to prove.
All she wants is you.

Little Civil War lyrics - Dave Barnes

I've had a little time to think about it,
You've had a whole lot of time to mess it up.
But I don't wanna live without the love that you give,
But I could live without all of your junk.

You always interrupt when I'm…
Baby, I wouldn't but you never listen when I talk.
I don't know what I'd do, if I didn't have you,
Darling maybe you'd be better off.

And ooh, it's like fireworks, baby, when we get like this.
Ooh, things that make us both crazy are the things that we'd miss.
Ooh, there ain't nobody else I wanna fight with more.
But we both win, when it ends with a kiss,
That's for sure in our little civil war.

You're a little bit more than I can handle,
Well sometimes you ain't enough.
Won't you just admit, that baby you do this,
So we can get to the making up.

And ooh, it's like fireworks, baby, when we get like this.
Ooh, things that make us both crazy are the things that we'd miss.
Ooh, there ain't nobody else I wanna fight with more.
But we both win, when it ends with a kiss,
That's for sure in our little civil war.

There's nobody, that needs somebody, baby, like I need you.
And ooh...
And ooh...

Ooh, it's like fireworks, baby, when we get like this.
Ooh, things that make us both crazy are the things that we'd miss.
Ooh, there ain't nobody else I wanna fight with more.
But we both win, when it ends with a kiss,
That's for sure in our little civil war.
In our little civil war.

Something More lyrics - Dave Barnes

It's a good goodbye to sleeping-in-weekends.
But every restless night is worth what I'm feeling.

It don't matter what I gotta do,
I won't find anything better than you.
It don't matter what I've got to lose,
Ain't gonna find nothing better than you.

I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.
I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.

These golden days, they're ours for the taking.
Every memory is out there and waiting.

It don't matter what I gotta do,
I ain't found anything better than you.
It don't matter what I gotta lose,
Ain't gonna find nothing better than you.

I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.
I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.

Love, it's a feeling.
Love, it can break your heart.
Can't you see, you and me,
We had more than love could ever be, from the start.

I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.
I've never felt like this before.
I knew I'd love you, but this is something more.

Heartbroken Down lyrics - Dave Barnes

Woke from a dream this morning
And I couldn't shake the dust.
Dreamed you up and left me, forgot about us.
I'd gone all kinds of crazy.
I was sleeping in the yard.
Started looking like John the Baptist, Lord, I took it hard, so hard.

I was heartbroken down,
Living with my head hanging to the ground.
There was no way back from the lost I'd found.
Heartbroken down.

I remember putting up posters.
Hoping you'd been seen.
I had them all translated, sent them overseas.
Oh, I offered money,
I offered everything I had.
Which was just a couple boxes and some milk gone bad.

I was heartbroken down,
Living with my head hanging to the ground.
There was no way back from the lost I'd found.
Heartbroken down.

Morning come waking up still in love, I've never been so happy.
Baby, please, never leave, I'm incomplete without you.

I was heartbroken, heartbroken
Love stupid, love stupid
Heartbroken, heartbroken

I was heartbroken down,
Living with my head hanging to the ground.
There was no way back from the lost I'd found.
Heartbroken down.
Heartbroken down.
Heartbroken down.

By Two lyrics - Dave Barnes

You and I, here we are.
Still a fire from just a spark.
I reminisce with every single kiss.
Back to the start.

No matter how much I try.
It's still hard to say good night.
Another word or two is all I want from you.
Just leave on the light.

Cause all I do, I wanna do by two.

God only knows the road and the miles we have yet to go.
Bridges that we'll burn, lessons we will learn, the stories we sow.
With you here by my side and your pretty little hand in mine.
We're just a boy and girl up against the world.
Coming out fine.

All I do, I wanna do by two.

I don't wanna fall asleep without you.
I don't want a day without you close.
Our hearts and hands will always be the closest of company.
Best believe, I'll never let you go.

Someday when it's all through, they'll bury me there by you.
I'll be smiling underground.
Gone and heaven bound, Lord, it's true.
Cause I got to do, what I got to do, with you by two.

Can't She Try lyrics - Dave Barnes

It's midnight and she's lonely.
But it's nothing she can't take.
No, it ain't the whispers, that ain't the problem.
It's the watching, waiting, hoping, praying while nothing seems to change.

She could take another broken heart.
She could take another long goodbye.
She could fall in love or she could fall apart, that's fine.
But can't she try?

She's asking questions into the mirror.
The silence that answers, she knows too well.
She's holding onto a promise,
That what she'll be feeling is worth all she's felt.

She could take another broken heart.
She could take another long goodbye.
She could fall in love or she could fall apart, that's fine.
But can't she fall?

Can't she have one little look, that's all.
Cause I know she'll get by.

She could take another broken heart.

She could take another broken heart.
She could take another long goodbye.
She could fall in love or she could fall apart, that's fine.
But can't she try?

Sharon Sue lyrics - Dave Barnes

I brought you these roses and this big ole bottle of wine.
And all of these daisies, in case you change your mind.
Those boys been calling, but they don't stand a chance.
What makes you happy, I'll give you all of that.

And all my love in the morning, love in the day.
Love in the evening, what you want, just say.
Anything you're needing is everything I'll do.
Cause I ain't sharing you, Sharon Sue.

I'll keep you smiling, I'll keep you close to me.
We'll start a little family in the hills of Tennessee.
Those boys been calling, just tell them how you feel.
That they can stop their chasing, you're running away with me.

And all my love in the morning, love in the day.
Love in the evening, what you want, just say.
Anything you're needing is everything I'll do.
Cause I ain't sharing you, Sharon Sue.

And you're my love in the morning, love in the day.
Love in the evening, what you want, just say.
Anything you're needing is everything I'll do.
Cause I ain't sharing you, you're much too much to lose.
I'm tired of sharing you, Sharon Sue.

Hotel Keys lyrics - Dave Barnes

Baltimore's the coldest that I have ever been.
In a second it seemed to me the encore came and went.
I fell asleep over Virginia, woke up in Tennessee.
They always seem to steal a piece of me.

Wheels just keep on rolling.
Another town, another scene.
11 years of running over miles of memories.
What I'd give to go back to when it was still a dream.
When it was more than a pocket of hotel keys.

That day off in Chicago, when I almost gave it up.
We caught up over coffee, I'd forgotten who I was.
But I made it down to Memphis in time to feel the crowd.
I wonder what Chicago's doing now.

Wheels just keep on rolling.
Another town, another scene.
11 years of running over miles of memories.
What I'd give to go back to when it was still a dream.
When it was more than a pocket of hotel keys.

And I'm waiting on a change in the weather.
I'm waiting on a change in me.
Lord, forgive my tired soul.
The music sure can take a toll, it seems.
Oh, it seems.

Wheels just keep on rolling.
Another town, another scene.
11 years of running over miles of memories.
What I'd give to go back to when it was still a dream.
When it was more than a pocket of hotel keys.

album: "A December To Remember" (2013)

In Bethlehem lyrics - Dave Barnes

Who's that crying in a manger?
In Bethlehem?
It's the Lord, Sweet Lord,
In Bethlehem.

Can you hear the angels singing?
In Bethlehem?
For the Lord, Sweet Lord,
In Bethlehem.

Singing glory, to God in the highest,
Peace, sweet peace on earth.

Someone's bringing them presents
to Bethlehem
To the Lord, Sweet Lord,
In Bethlehem?

Who's that small and mighty?
In Bethlehem?
It's the Lord, Sweet Lord,
In Bethlehem.

Singing glory, to God in the highest,
Peace, sweet peace on earth.

Christmas Eve lyrics - Dave Barnes

I've been counting down the minutes,
I've been counting down the year.
Just to see mama outside waiting,
And daddy grinning ear to ear.

The driveway gets so crowded,
And the Earth just gets so still.

We'll all tell our stories,
We'll all sing our songs.
While the kids can't sleep from guessing,
When Santa's gonna come.
The presents all are waiting,
But I've got what I need.
There ain't nothing quite like Christmas Eve.

See there's something about the waiting,
But knowing what's to come.
And the same old conversations,
That keep us feeling young.

No one goes to sleep until,
The angel gets his wings.

Christmas Eve,
There's hope in the snow that's falling.
Christmas Eve,
And love is all around

When Love Was Born lyrics - Dave Barnes

Was Bethlehem white as snow?
Had you walked as far as your feet could go?
Were you scared to death so far from home?
On that winter night when Love was born.

Did Mary cry in that makeshift room?
Did He take too long or come too soon?
Did you calm the One that would calm the storm,
Or did he calm you when Love was born?

Was it a silent night?
Could you hear heaven sigh
Giving this gift of love, saving you, saving us.

Could you hear the angels sing?
Did you rock to sleep the restless King?
Did you kiss the head where they placed the thorns,
Did you feel that sting when love was born?
Do you think He knew what He came here for?
The whole world changed when love was born.

album: "Stories To Tell" (2012)

White Flag lyrics - Dave Barnes

I know I know I know I’ve hurt you lately
You and I, drew this battle line
We’d go we’d go we’d go from good to guns blazing
I’m the one to blame, I just wanna say

(Oh oh oh) I’m sorry
(Oh oh oh) Forgive me
Just let me back inside your arms girl
(Oh oh oh) Forgive me
(Oh oh oh) I’m sorry
This ain't the way our love should go

I got my white flag wavin'
In the midnight it's alright
(I'm never gonna let you go
Never ever gonna let you go)
[x2]

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

We know we know we know life comes in stages
We crash and burn, but that's how we learn
If so if so if so these scars will make us
Better by the day, I just wanna say

(Oh oh oh) I’m sorry
(Oh oh oh) Forgive me
Just let me back inside your arms girl
(Oh oh oh) Forgive me
(Oh oh oh) I’m sorry
This ain't the way our love should go

I got my white flag wavin'
In the midnight it's alright
(I'm never gonna let you go
Never ever gonna let you go)
[x2]

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh
Girl don't you know that I dream about you
Won't let you get away

Forgiveness is the chorus
Of a rebel song
And we belong (we belong...)

I got my white flag wavin'
At midnight it's alright
(We belong...)

I got my white flag wavin'
At midnight it's alright
(I'm never gonna let you go
Never ever gonna let you go)
[x2]

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh
Girl don't you know that I dream about you
Won't let you get away
[x2]

How Long lyrics - Dave Barnes

You and I are living heavy-hearted
Are we just another long goodbye?
In this land of the left and leaving
We know that we gotta try

How long can we go on?
Here in the middle, we won't give a little
And how long can we go on like this
Oh won't you tell me?
How long can we go on?
Heart break is what it takes sometimes, you see
But what about you and me?
How long?

Forgiveness is a heavy promise
Its a language that's so hard to speak
I'm hearing whispers by the darkest voices
But I know what you mean to me (so much to me)

How long can we go on?
Here in the middle, we won't give a little
And how long can we go on like this
Oh won't you tell me?
How long can we go on?
Heart break is what it takes sometimes, you see
But what about you and me?
How long?

And all we are, we are
And what will be, will be
You and I we gotta find
A burned up bridge to each others side
Its the only way to see

How long can we go on?

How long can we go on?
Barely living, when nobody's giving in
How long can we go on like this
Oh won't you tell me?
How long can we go on?
Heart break is what it takes sometimes, you see
But what about you and me?
How long?

Mine To Love lyrics - Dave Barnes

You might wanna close your eyes
It’ll take some time adjustin’
Welcome to your life
You’re everything you’ll someday be

There’s a weight off my shoulder
There’s laughter in the air
You are the answer to every midnight prayer

You’re mine to love
We have all been waitin’ on you
You’re mine to love
Come into these open arms
It took some time to wait it out
But I see it now, you’re worth all the dreaming of
You’re mine to love
You’re mine to love

You might wanna take your time
Takin’ all this technicolor, yeah
We’re on your side
Let us be the one you need

There’s a life on my shoulder
Laughter in the air
You are the answer to all those midnight prayers

You’re mine to love
We have all been waitin’ on you
You’re mine to love
Come into these open arms
It took some time to wait it out
But I see it now, you’re worth all the dreaming
You’re mine to love
You’re mine to love

Every time that my heart was broken
Every time that I’ve lost my wings
I forget when I look into your face

You’re mine to love
We have all been waitin’ on you
You’re mine to love
Come into these open arms
‘Cause I’m right here
It took some time to wait it out
But I see it now, you’re worth the dreaming of
You’re mine to love
You’re mine to love
You’re mine to love
You’re mine to love

So you might wanna close your eyes

Heaven Help Me lyrics - Dave Barnes

Angelina's seen a lot of things
There are stories in her eyes
Hard up on the corner nearly everyday
Everyday I just drive by

Heaven help me
I can't help it
It's the furthest thing from my mind
Heaven help me
I can't help it
Nothing's changing when nothing's tried

Saw a picture on the TV screen
The one I've seen before
Another sorrow way across the sea
Another chance I just ignore

Heaven help me
I can't help it
It's the furthest thing from my mind
Heaven help me
I can't help it
Nothing's changing when nothing's tried

Hang on, have hope, help's on the way
I can't keep moving on
Thinking nothing's wrong
So I'm bringing on a brighter day
Bringing on a brighter day

Heaven help me
I can't help it
It's the furthest thing from my mind
Heaven help me
I can't help it
Nothing's changing when nothing's tried
I can't do it alone
Heaven help me

Love Will Be Enough For Us lyrics - Dave Barnes

Build a little cabin on a little tall hill
plan a little garden, pray for every meal
and we'll grow, and we'll grow
take a little nap in the butterfly grass
just you and I and the clouds a pass
and we're close, so close

we'll be living out where the river bends
where the grass gets green and the highway ends
living easy, easy
you and me baby and the daffodils the kids growing up in the rolling hills
and love will be enough for us

rains coming down on the old tin roof
a lullaby storm in the middle of june
falling slow, falling slow

we'll be living out where the river bends
where the grass gets green and the highway ends
living easy
you and me baby and the daffodils the kids growing up in the rolling hills
and love will be enough for us, oooooh, love, ooooooh, love, will be enough

wake up darling let's leave tonight,
we can disappear under the clear moonlight

and we'll be living out where the river bends
where the grass gets green and the highway ends
living easy
You and me baby and the daffodils the kids growing up in the rolling hills
and love will be enough for us

We'll build a little cabin on a little tall hill

Seventeen lyrics - Dave Barnes

She bought a ticket on a midnight train
To a place she'd never leave again
She blamed it all on her daddy's sins
I blamed it all on me

And I was just a foolish boy
It was love enough to fill the void
Said the words to hear the noise
It was deafening

I never knew that things would change
What we were then, what we became
Oh, we were seventeen

They found her there late that night
On a bed under hotel lights
Trying to make a couple wrong things right
Start over clean

She never did say goodbye
I never did apologize
I knew the words, but I could not lie
I just watched her leave
Watched her leave

I never knew that things would change
What we were then, what we became
Oh, we were seventeen

We wasted time, we wasted tears
We waved goodbye to golden years
Oh, we were seventeen

Beneath the wreckage there's a reason, a reason
Something they looked so hard to see
I took and placed the blame
But still I feel the same
Someone just say it wasn't me

I don't think about her like I should
I used to try but it did no good
She'd forgive me if she only could
We were seventeen

Missing You lyrics - Dave Barnes

You were a part of me
A part that I get can't back
I'll always lack
My life in came two
This is the second act
The healing half

Maybe this is how this goes
Nobody seems to know

We had a lifetime forever
You and me together
I'd pick you up and we go
Some place only we'd know
Summer, whole life
Stay up dreaming all night
There was so much for us to do
I guess I'm missing you

No you can't prepare
As soon as the call came in
The hurt began
All of us down here
I guess we're getting back
At least we try

And that's just the way it goes
Take it from one who knows

We had a lifetime forever
You and me together
I'd pick you up and we'd go
Some place only we know
Summer, whole life
Stay up dreaming all night
There was so much for us to do
I guess I'm missing you

I see you in the sunset
Before the night
You come on without warning
And I guess this takes time
But I know I'm gonna be fine
Without...

A lifetime forever
Of you and me together
I'd pick you up and we'd go
Some place only we know
Summer, whole life
Stay up dreaming all night
There was so much left here for us to do
I guess I'm missing you

(oh, I guess I'm missing) I guess I'm missing you

Find Your Way Home lyrics - Dave Barnes

All you saints and sinners
All you, troubled ones
Everyone forgotten
Everyone undone

We're all scared, don't worry
At this darkness that won't subside
But what you can't see
Will make sure you'll be alright

You'll find your way home
You'll find your way back home

Come on if you're worthy
Come on if you're wrong
There's a choir singing
Out a freedom song

We all need help, don't worry
This darkness will turn to light
What you can't see
Will make sure you'll be alright

You'll find your way home
You'll find your way back home

Just follow the light, you'll be alright
I swear that you aren't alone
You'll find your way home

I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
We'll keep waiting up
[x4]

You'll find your way home (We'll keep waiting up)
You'll find your way back home (We'll keep waiting up)

Just follow the light, you'll be alright
I swear that you aren't alone
You'll find your way home
(I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting, we'll keep waiting up)
You'll find your way back home
(I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting, we'll keep waiting up)
You'll find your way home

I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
We'll keep waiting up

Stories To Tell lyrics - Dave Barnes

Let's get to bed early
Sneak out right before the sunrise
We don't need all the goodbyes
We won't be gone for long
Oh, baby, don't worry
I hid away a little money
We don't need much, honey
Enough just to get us home

Let's don't wait til love comes undone

There's life to be lived
And stories to tell
Lessons to learn
We don't know yet
Nothing to lack, looking back
Knowing that we have lived it well
With stories to tell

What about California
LA out by the seaside?
Watch the sun turn to moonlight
Then stay up and talk til dawn
Maybe Carolina
Hide out up in the mountains
A week or two, no one's counting
Come back before too long

We won't wait til love comes undone

There's life to be lived
And stories to tell
Lessons to learn
We don't know yet
Nothing to lack, looking back
Knowing that we have lived it well
With stories to tell

The sea and the cities
The runway lights
The highway humming
Staying awake all night
How all those mountains
Turned to desert sand
Let's just disappear
Come on baby, take my hand

There's life to be lived
And stories to tell
Lessons to learn
We don't know yet

There's life to be lived
And stories to tell
Lessons to learn
We don't know yet
Nothing to lack, looking back
Knowing that we have lived it well
With stories to tell

The sea and the cities
The runway lights
The highway humming
Staying awake all night
How all those mountains
Turned to desert sand
Let's disappear

Warm Heart In A Cold World lyrics - Dave Barnes

Let your hair down onto this blanket, baby
Let's stare up at this Southern moon
And the stars that are falling, still falling
Oh, baby, I'm still falling

We've been through what we've been through, baby
You and I and these years gone by
And I'm falling, still falling
Oh, baby, I'm still falling

You are the light that guides me home
You are the place where my heart belongs
My only woman, my angel girl
You're my warm heart in a cold world
You're my warm heart
In a cold world

We don't need what we're missing, baby
All I need is to see you smile
I'm falling, still falling
Oh, baby, I'm still falling

You are the light that guides me home
You are the place where my heart belongs
My only woman, my angel girl
You're my warm heart in a cold world
You're my warm heart
In a cold world

We've seen the heartache
Lived through tears
At the end of the world
I'll still be standing here

You are the light that guides me home
You are the place where my heart belongs
My only woman, my angel girl
You're my warm heart in a cold world
You're my warm heart
In a cold world

One Of Us lyrics - Dave Barnes

Your mom and I, we're counting down
The days until that joyful sound,
When you turn the two of us to three.
It was time I guess, and heaven knew
And decided then to give us you.
God must know some things that we can't see.

And all we are, we are
Who we'll be, we'll be
Love and hurt, doubt and trust
Welcome to being one of us.

Your mother, well, she's strong and steady
Southern drawl and good lord, she's pretty
She's better than anything I dreamed
And honestly, I'm scared to death
I'll breathe at last at your first breath.
Everything you need, I'll try to be.

And all we are, we are
And who we'll be, we'll be
Love and hurt, doubt and trust
Welcome to being one of us.

As for you, we're soon to see
A room of blue or maybe pink
Mama's black or daddy's dirty blonde
Whoever you turn out to be
You're forever part of me
You turned me to a father from a son

All we are, you are
And who we'll be, you'll be
Love and hurt, doubt and trust
Welcome to being one of us

album: "What We Want, What We Get" (2010)

Little Lies lyrics - Dave Barnes

Everything is beautiful
Cotton fields
The open road
The radio plays a song
We both know we don't sing along

la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies

Words can be daffodils
Or a fire in an open field
I'm sittin here in the ash
Of stupid words I can't take back

la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies

There's a devil on my shoulder baby
Oohooh
And I believe too many things he says
Yeah yeah yeah
I'm fighting these fears
As I find them true
And I'm sorry for hurting you

la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies
la la la la la la la these little lies

God Gave Me You lyrics - Dave Barnes

I've been a walking heartache
I've made a mess of me
The person that I've been lately
Ain't who I wanna be

But you stay here right beside me
Watch as the storm goes through
And I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I've lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true

God gave me you

There's more here than what we're seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel, lovely
Could somehow fall for me

You'll always be love's great martyr
I'll be the flattered fool
And I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I've lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true

God gave me you

On my own I'm only half of what I could be
I can't do without you
We are stitched together and what love has tethered
I could never undo

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I've lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true

God gave me you
Gave me you
Gave me you

What I Need lyrics -Dave Barnes (feat. Jonny Lang)

I got a head full of dreams and time here to scheme
This ain't good, good
I'm thinking, you know, about what did and didn't go
Like it should, should

All of these expectations just mean my heart will be breaking
Oh, why can't I see?

You give me what I need
Even on my brightest day, even in a hurricane
You give me what I need
Even when there's way too much, even when I'm down to dust

I trouble with time but its will was not mine
There was no slowin' where it was going
The wishes I willed, all came back unfulfilled
I was praying without patience

All of these expectations just mean my heart will be breaking
Oh, why can't I see?

You give me what I need
Even on my brightest day, even in a hurricane
You give me what I need
Even when there's way too much, even when I'm down to dust

I keep calm, carry on, like nothing ever went wrong
That's what I'm gonna do, that's what I'm gonna do
Laugh it off, move along, get back where I belong
Live my life by leaning on you

Oh, lean on you, I'm gonna lean on you, yeah

You give me what I need
Even on my brightest day, even in a hurricane
You give me what I need
Even when there's way too much, even when I'm down to dust

You give me what I need
Even on my brightest day, even in a hurricane
You give me what I need
Oh, what I need, you give me what I need

Give me what I need

What We Want, What We Get lyrics - Dave Barnes

Baby, we are lying here
Pretending that we're both asleep
I can hear your broken heart
And every single breath you breathe

It's hard to find the words to say
When we both hurt like this
So I close my eyes and pray
Time will heal what we're bound to miss

No one can ever say
Why it goes this way

Sometimes what we want isn't what we get
Sometimes what we get ain't really what we want
Sometimes what we want isn't what we get
Sometimes what we get ain't really what we want

It seems for every one we win
There's another three we lose
We've waited for the answer here
Only just to leave confused

You know you're forever mine
And baby, I'm forever yours
I've waited in the darkest rooms
Ooh, waiting in the open door

No one can ever say
Why it goes this way

Sometimes what we want isn't what we get
Sometimes what we get ain't really what we want
Sometimes what we want isn't what we get
Sometimes what we get ain't really what we want

We've been so long wishing for things
We just keep forgetting that we
Got all we'll ever need in you and me, yeah, yeah
You and me, you and me, baby, yeah

Everything we have, anything we got
It was given babe, it was given, babe
There ain't a thing we need that heaven forgot
It was given babe, it was given, babe

Everything we have, anything we got
It was given babe, it was given, babe
Ain't a thing we need that heaven forgot
It was given babe, it was given, babe

Everything we have, anything we got
It was given babe, it was given, babe
There ain't a thing we need that heaven forgot
It was given babe, it was given, baby, yeah

Chameleon lyrics - Dave Barnes

Chameleon, you're breaking his heart
It's in pieces on the ground - all apart
There's nothing that that boy won't do when it comes to you

Chameleon, you know that it's wrong
But it's fun to have someone you can pull along
The way you treat that boy ain't fair, but he don't care

What does it mean if you know you don't mean it?
What does it say if you got nothing to say?

He's just your silly little thing hanging on a string
Waiting by the phone praying it'll ring
You know it ain't right
Cause you're never gonna do what he wants to
Kneeling by the bed, praying it true
You know it ain't right

Chameleon, what's he gonna do?
You gloss them lips, shake them hips
Honey, what's wrong with you?
He'll follow you wherever you go, and I know you know

You ain't gotta tell me, he fell too fast
But would you just tell him it ain't gonna last?

Someone's Somebody lyrics - Dave Barnes

You don't need no intuition
All you need is a beating heart, beating heart
Ain't no math you need to figure
Nothing here you can pick apart

Does it feel good to you, baby?
Does it feel good to you, baby?
'Cause it feels like it should
It's gonna feel so good, baby

You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone
You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone
Somebody's someone

These nights get so lonely
Just the candles and the moon
But as you're waiting for that someone
Someone's out there waiting for you, baby

It will feel so good to you, baby
It will feel so good to you, baby
'Cause if it feels just like it should
It's gonna feel so good, baby

You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone
You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone

It could be winter or summertime
Or the middle of the fall
But nothing will matter then
No, it won't matter at all

You're gonna be somebody's someone
You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone
Somebody's someone

You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone
You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone

You're gonna be someone's somebody
You're gonna be somebody's someone

Look So Easy lyrics - Dave Barnes

I've been worried enough for the both of us
I hope that I haven't said too much lately, ooh lately
You laugh and listen to my mind
Underneath the lights of the city sky, baby, ooh baby

When nothing is goin' my way
You're still beside me
When it all fall into places
You just remind me

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
We got all the time we need

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
You make it look so good

All these pictures hanging in the room
And things I thought I'd never do, baby, ooh baby
And I second guess what you don't doubt
And somehow it just don't works out lately, ooh lately

When nothinging is goin' my way
You're still beside me
When it all fall into places
Just remind me

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
We got all the time we need

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
You make it look so good

My life gets brighter by the day
From how you shine
I don't think you even have to try

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
We got all the time we need

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy, baby
You make it look so good

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy
We got all the time we need

Either way it's fine with me
You make it look so easy, baby, babe
You make it look so good

You Do The Same For Me lyrics - Dave Barnes

Tell me everything
'Cause I can see it in your eyes
There's a story there these tears
Won't tell me why

Oh, and don't be strong
Isn't that what got you here?
Wanderin' in this dark alone
Among your fears

Let me know what I can do
To bear this weight here with you

You do the same for me
Oh, you do the same
You're the blood when my heart won't beat
Oh, you do the same

So I hold the light in this night
So your eyes can see
You do the same for me

This circumstance
It is such a common thing
We're all butterflies
With broken wings

Let me know what I can do
To bear this weight here with you

You do the same for me
Oh, you do the same
You're the blood when my heart won't beat
Oh, you do the same

So I hold the light in this night
So your eyes can see
You do the same for me

Life will never leave us alone
So I'll never leave you alone

You do the same for me
Oh, you do the same
You're the blood when my heart won't beat
Oh, you do the same

And I hold the light in this night
So your eyes can see
You do the same for me
You do the same, the same for me

My Love, My Enemy lyrics - Dave Barnes

What do you say?
Let's give it up now and just be done
Maybe we're afraid
Of all that we will and won't become

It's hard to believe
The one closest to me
Can feel so far away

You're my pleasure, you're my pain
You're my sunshine, you're my rain
You're my darkest night lost at sea

You're the shadows, you're my light
You're the one that I need tonight
You are a stranger still to me
You're my lady, my life, my love, my enemy

Every day
We come together or come undone
Every time I break
Tell me again how far we've come

It's hard to believe
The one closest to me
Can feel so far away, so far away

You're my pleasure, you're my pain
You're my sunshine, you're my rain
You're my darkest night lost at sea

You're the shadows, you're my light
You're the one that I need tonight
You are a stranger still to me
You're my lady, my life, my love, my enemy

We're changing, it's painful
Into something good
We're changing, it's painful
But it's good

You're my pleasure, you're my pain
You're my sunshine, you're my rain
You're my darkest night lost at sea

You're the shadows, you're my light
You're the one that I need tonight
You are a stranger still to me
You're my lady, my life, my love, my enemy

My love, my enemy
My love, my enemy

Amen lyrics - Dave Barnes

We will have love, we will have pain
There will be days and days and days that feel the same
We will have fear, we will have joy
There maybe little girls and little boys

We will have friends, we will have peace
There will be nights of lights and music till you sleep
We will be strong though we were still weak
We live through so much more than we could take

Amen, Amen
With the dawn the love began again
Amen, Amen
What is done and yet to come, Amen

We will have hope, we will have doubt
There will be memories we could never live without
We will have tears but there will be grace
There will be prayers that we never thought we'd pray

Amen, Amen
With the dawn the love began again
Amen, Amen
What is done and yet to come, Amen

In the sun or the storm, the flood or the flame
When everything's wrong, when I'm the one to blame
When heartache grow old, I swear I'll say
I'll say Amen, Amen

With the dawn the love began again
Amen, Amen
What is done and yet to come, Amen

Amen, Amen
Amen, Amen

EP: "You, The Night, And Candlelight" (2009)

Loving You, Loving Me lyrics - Dave Barnes

It's just me and you and the moonlight, baby
I'm staring at you staring at the stars tonight
Someday felt so hard it disappeared
And you and I can start this evening right

What I say out loud is only whatever is in my head
Tonight I would rather look at you instead

I can't get enough of you
Every little thing you do
You, the night, and this candlelight is all I really need
It's loving you loving me

Dogs are barking in the yard a few feet away
And TV in the den is on CNN
Seemed to me these clouds were showing rain
But nothing can change this mood I'm in

What I say out loud is only whatever is in my head
Tonight I'd rather look at you instead

I can't get enough of you
And every little thing you do
You, the night, and this candlelight is all I really need
Loving you loving me

I've been all day waiting
For you to come back home
Now I appreciate that
I will never be alone, baby

What I say out loud is only whatever is in my head
Tonight I'd rather look at you instead

And I can't get enough of you
And every little thing you do [x2]
You, the night, and this candlelight is all I really need
Loving you loving me

Loving you loving me
Loving you loving me
Let's get together and start a family
Loving you loving me, baby
Loving you loving me, baby, you know I'm never gonna go away
Loving you, oh, loving me, oh, baby

I Have And Always Will lyrics - Dave Barnes

Darling, we're both scared
But where love is, fear won't tread
All of these friends here agree
We're right where we should be

Underneath all you're white
My Lady, My Love, My Bride
In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will

I guess it's because I just do
Following heaven's clues
This is a big mystery
How I found you found me

Underneath all you're white
My Lady, My Love, My Bride
In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will

And you are changing now
Your part of me somehow
And I will never be alone

In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will
I have and I always will

Until You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Let's just take our time
There's nothing else to do
What better way to spend the night
Wasting air with you
The moon has won the war
The daylight waits to win
Stay here by my side we'll watch
The struggles start again

[Chorus:]
I need you now and forever
Just stay right here with me
Don't ever leave
Love was kept from me like a secret
And I swore that I was through
Until you, until you

The city settled down
I watch you as you sleep
There's a silent celebration for
Every breath you breathe
Now this all makes sense
You ask company
I left all I knew with the better part of me

[Chorus]

The time it took to find you
I will wait again my baby
The feelings that I feel
With you now yeah yeah

[Chorus]

Until you until you until you

Home lyrics - Dave Barnes

Your voices swirl and welcome me
Hem me in, this anthem sweet
We are all familiar now
In each other's blood somehow

I will never be a stranger
I will never be alone
Cause deep inside of me I know that
Wherever you are, is home

So raise a glass and gather round
Toast the night and friendships found
I lay to rest my troubled face
Breathe deep this amazing grace

I will never be a stranger
I will never be alone
Cause deep inside of me I know that
Wherever you are is home

Sometime soon this road may part
Mine may end where yours starts
Should you ever need me
You'll know where I'll always be.

You will never be a stranger
You will never be alone
Cause deep inside of me I know that
Wherever we are is home

album: "Me And You And The World" (2008)

Brothers & Sisters lyrics - Dave Barnes

This is not the way
I thought that this would be
With me holding back something
Isn't love generosity
Not Fists up and pumping

What good is a helping hand if it's rolled up tight and clenched?
How can I give when I still must be convinced?

I believe that we can change the world

This could be the way we want it to
For all the brokenhearted
What we've done, love can still undo
To bring it back to how it started

What good is a helping hand if it's rolled up tight and clenched?
How can I give when I still must be convinced?

I believe that we can change the world

Forgive me know for trying to change your mind
Maybe this is just for me
But somewhere deep in these shadows
Are our brothers and sisters dying to be free

Since You Said I Do lyrics - Dave Barnes

There ain't nothing that I won't do
Run across the ocean on my hands a time or two
Nothing at all could run me away
Me, my guitar, and everything I got are here to stay

Tell me what to do, I'll try it
Anything in the room? I'll buy it
I'll do anything you ask me to
Since you said "I do"
If we ain't got it, I'll make it
Don't worry bout your heart, I won't break it
I'll do anything you ask me to
Since you said "I do"

With these hands I'm gonna build our home
A dog in the yard for the times you ever feel alone
But what you gave me baby, I can't replace
So if you need anything pretty lady, go ahead and say it

Tell me what to do, I'll try it
Anything in the room? I'll buy it
I'll do anything you ask me to
Since you said "I do"
If we ain't got it, I'll make it
Don't worry bout your heart, I won't break it
I'll do anything you ask me to
Since you said "I do"

Until You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Let's just take our time
There's nothing else to do
What better way to spend the night
Wasting air with you
The moon has won the war
The daylight waits to win
Stay here by my side we'll watch
The struggles start again

[Chorus:]
I need you now and forever
Just stay right here with me
Don't ever leave
Love was kept from me like a secret
And I swore that I was through
Until you, until you

The city settled down
I watch you as you sleep
There's a silent celebration for
Every breath you breathe
Now this all makes sense
You ask company
I left all I knew with the better part of me

[Chorus]

The time it took to find you
I will wait again my baby
The feelings that I feel
With you now yeah yeah

[Chorus]

Until you until you until you

When A Heart Breaks lyrics - Dave Barnes (feat. Matt Wertz)

No one ever told me
It would come to this
What began with such a promise
Would end with such a twist
I lean into the whisper
But I don't hear a thing

It's a tear in the dark
All alone in the car
In pieces, pieces
It's the sound of mistake
As I'm lying awake and
Sleepless, sleepless

This is the sound that's made
When a heart breaks

Everybody's laughing
Maybe that's just me
Does something unrequited
Mean it will never be
I lean into the whisper
But I don't hear a thing

It's a tear in the dark
All alone in the car
In pieces, pieces
It's the sound of mistake
As I'm lying awake and
Sleepless, sleepless

This is the sound that's made...

Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here
Please don't leave me here

Life, for now, I've come to fear
You've dropped me off and left me here
With nothing here to find my way
But the light you take as you pull away

Far ahead the brush is moving
There's others here and good still proving
Nothing's wrong, it's in my mind
Nothing's wrong and I'll be fine

It's a tear in the dark
All alone in the car
In pieces, pieces
It's the sound of mistake
As I'm lying awake and
Sleepless, sleepless

This is the sound that's made
When a heart breaks

Good World Gone Bad lyrics - Dave Barnes

Well I'm told at days old she was left on the steps of a preachers door mom and dad they felt bad but that was one more problem that they didn't have what would it take to change there minds just one more someone left behind

Its a good world gone real bad and only love can bring it back

Now shes 13 and it seems she wants to look like the girls on the tv screen, she stayed thin she wont grin but a tiney little friend keeps a calling again

What does it take to change her mind just one more someone left behind

Its a good world gone real bad and only love can bring it back

If she don't promise she cant have but nothing changes if she don't if she don't try

Its a good world gone real bad and only love can bring it back

I said its a good world gone real bad and only love can bring it back - bring it back, only love can bring it back

On A Night Like This lyrics - Dave Barnes

On a night like this
I could fall in love
I could fall in love with you

In this dark so dense
We talk so soft
The way young lovers do

The days last sight
Turns to cool nights breeze
And this love hangs thick like these willow leaves
I've hid myself away from this
But your silhouette is the Judas kiss

On a night like this
I could fall in love
I could fall in love with you

Carry Me Through lyrics - Dave Barnes

There's a mountain
Here before me
And I'm going to climb it
With strength not my own
He's gonna lead me
Or the mountain beats me
Carry me through
Carry me through

There's a river
Here before me
And I'm gonna cross it
with strength not my own
He's gonna save me
Or the river takes me.
Carry me through
Carry me through

Oh Lord be gentle
I'm just a man
Please don't crush me
Help me in.

Oh Lord remember
I try so hard
I walk and talk
Your kingdom love

There's a sinner
Here before me
And I'm gonna give them
Strength not my own
He's gonna carry me
when I get weary
Carry me through
Carry me through

Oh Lord be gentle
I'm just a man
Please don't crush me
And help me in

Oh lord remember
I try so hard
I walk and talk
Your kingdom love

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Carry me through

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Lord Sweet Lord
Carry me through.

Believe lyrics -Dave Barnes (feat. Brooke Fraser)

It's true what they say the devil's alive and well.
Picked the locks and escaped the gates of hell.
It's evidence for all you feel right now.
If I could beg I'd beg that you'd somehow

Believe, believe

Chances are four will turn to three
that's one less than this was meant to be.
A wounded heart's a sucker for affairs
I'm healing now and I hope you somehow stay

Believe, Believe, Believe

It took forever to love and then
its broken your heart like porcelain
there's hope in this
that you will surely see
if you only

Believe, Believe, Believe

Its true what they say
the devil's alive and well.
But there's something else
working here as well
something else working here as well

Someday lyrics - Dave Barnes (feat. Gabe Dixon Band)

Yesterday's breakfast on the table
Pictures scattered on the ground
By my foot there's you and I laughing, yeah
You look so good in that wedding gown

Falling in love for us was easy
But that's never very hard
Now there's bills in the mailbox
And branches in the yard, don't lose heart

Someday we're gonna find it, someday we're gonna see
Someday we're gonna find you and me
Someday it's gonna be like breathing, I know it's gonna be
Someday we're gonna find you and me

This is not an accusation
The fault is probably mine
By now I thought we'd be familiar, yeah
Some things only come with time, don't lose heart

Someday we're gonna find it, someday we're gonna see
Someday we're gonna find you and me
Someday it's gonna be like breathing, I know it's gonna be
Someday we're gonna find you and me

Hold onto me and I'll hold onto you
Hold onto me, holding onto you

Someday, baby

Someday we're gonna find it, someday we're gonna see
Someday we're gonna find you and me
Someday it's gonna be like breathing, I know it's gonna be
Someday we're gonna find you and me, ooh

Someday we're gonna find it, someday we're gonna see
Someday we're gonna find you and me
Someday it's gonna be like breathing, I know it's gonna be
Someday we're gonna find you and me, ooh, ooh, ooh

10,000 Children lyrics - Dave Barnes

10,000 children and all I can do is just talk
While my house is full of possessions that negligence bought
Everyone tells me that I'm not to blame
Why do I still feel the same?

Only love can save us all
Only love can save us all, save us all

10,000 children are my invitation to change
To continue in excess now suddenly feels, oh, so strange
Prayers and money should not be confused
But I pray that both still are used

Only love can save us all
Only love can save us all

What will become of me?
Inside of history

10,000 children and all I can do is just talk

Nothing Else lyrics - Dave Barnes

Ooh, baby

Love isn't just quite what I thought it was
And I'm laughing out
Just because I can't get enough of love

And you're taking back all I thought I knew
The dreams are only dreams, never true
I was a fool, there's you, babe

There's nothing else I'd rather do
There's nothing else, baby, baby, I'd rather do
There's nothing else I'd rather do
Than be with you

Me, it's not that I was lonely as could be
See love was ?? far out of reach
I could not see, see it in me

You and I
Are blessed because we know we gotta try
Sorry's always said, not goodbye
That's why you and I

There's nothing else I'd rather do
There's nothing else, baby, baby, I'd rather do
There's nothing else I'd rather do
Than be with you

Looking back now I see
How long we've got history
Now there's nothing I would rather
I would rather do

There's nothing else I'd rather do
There's nothing else, baby, baby, I'd rather do
There's nothing else I'd rather do
Than be with you, babe
Than be with you, babe

There's nothing else I'd rather do
There's nothing else, baby, baby, I'd rather do
There's nothing else I'd rather do
Than be with you, baby, baby
You, baby, baby, you, baby, baby
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Annie lyrics - Dave Barnes

The night is slowly dying
All of the stars are gone
Your purse is on the table, the TV's on
You're lyin' on the bed asleep, as pretty as can be
I love you Annie

The day that I first saw you, you changed my mind
See I was moving forward, I thought I was fine
There was a hole here in my heart, that only love could see
I love you Annie

So hard, to see
What life without you would be like, for me
Would the sky be as blue, and grass as green
Who would I be without you?

Time keeps movin' faster, I don't know what to do
The pictures in the hallway, will be changed so soon
And I pray that when my life is done, that they remember me
For how I loved you, Annie

Adeline lyrics - Dave Barnes

You're sleeping now
As I'm awake
Across the sea
So far away

I can't forget
Your pretty smile
Your tiny hands
Who reach for mine

Life takes patience
Patience takes time
I can't get you off my mind
Adeline

The note you wrote
I read it still
I swore I would
I always will

So I'll kiss the wind
That skims the sea
In hopes it brings
You back to me

Life takes patience
Patience takes time
I can't get you off my mind
Adeline

The space between us now
Will all work for the
Good somehow

Life takes patience
Patience takes time
I can't get you off my mind
Adeline
Can't get you off my mind
Can't get you off my mind
Adeline

Patience takes time
Adeline

album: "Chasing Mississippi" (2006)

A Lot Like Me lyrics - Dave Barnes

So you really think you're something
And it looks like you might be
I overheard you need a hero
Babe that sounds a lot like me

Sounds like me [x3]

Girl I don't know why you're laughing
I'm a lot more than I seem
Someone sweet, but strong as Samson
Yeah that sounds a lot like me

Sounds like me [x3]

Truth is don't believe a single word that I have said
I'm just trying to change your mind
Dig a little deeper and I think you'll be amazed
With all the things that you might find
Yeah

So you won't give me your number
Your name or anything I need
It's my fault for being foolish
Babe that sounds a lot like me

Sounds like me [x3]

Truth is don't believe a single word that I say
I'm just trying to change your mind
Dig a little deeper and I think you'll be amazed
With all the things that you might find
Yeah

Girl I'll do anything you want me to
But walk away, walk away from you
But walk away from you
Come on girl

You can go
But I'm gonna stay
Cause I wanna be here
[x3]

Everybody But You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Honest baby
Can't you see it when it's just me and you?
My face gets blushed
My sentences rush
I don't know what to do

I'm trying lady
Just to act like nothing's going on
It's plain to see that you get to me
And I guess you should

Rumors going around
Baby I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you
I love ya girl, but you still ain't got a clue

I've waited baby
For these feelings just to fade away
As the days get longer
They just get stronger
I don't know what to say

Forgive me baby
See I never really meant to confuse
My chance is gone
All I've done is wrong
I've got nothing left to lose

Rumors going around
Baby I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you
(Everybody knows but you)
I love ya girl, but you still ain't got a clue
(Everybody knows but you)
[x2]

I must apologize
My reason's off and other lies
I'm helpless baby when it comes to you

Everybody knows it here but you
(Everybody knows but you)
I love ya girl, but you still ain't got a clue
(Everybody knows but you)

Still ain't got a clue
Got a clue.

Butterflies lyrics - Dave Barnes

Baby, something is happening here
Though it's not perfectly clear, I think I like it
Baby, my heart and my brain can't agree
On the status between you and me
And where we're standing

And I can't tell you what it is but
It's the best thing that I've found
The butterflies in my stomach
And my feet off the ground
So for now I'm just saying, let's just call this love
Let's just call this love

Maybe, I'm over reacting a bit
Blame it on August and quit
And start all over
Maybe you might just feel the same way
Practicing both of our names
Just to giggle

And I can't tell you what it is
But it's the best thing that I've found
The butterflies in my stomach
And my feet off the ground
So for now I'm saying, this just might be call this love
Let's just call this love
[x2]

Someday, Sarah lyrics - Dave Barnes

Her face can move a mountain
Her water colored eyes, they shine
Every breathe she takes, she takes a little bit of mine
She's every woman's envy
Her smile it rises like the sun
When you think you've come to the end of her, you've just begun

Someday, Sarah
Someday, you will be my baby
[x2]

Her lips ring loud with glory
Her words they rattle and the hum
There's no part of woman that she has not become
Her laughter peels like thunder
Her anger like the ocean tide
Her love is thick and sweet and it Sahara wide

Someday, Sarah
Someday, you will be my baby.
[x4]

Jackson lyrics - Dave Barnes

Sixty-five down to Birmingham
The sunset sings like a hymn
Signs say "God Bless America"
As the stars all begin
In my headlights she's heavenly
And I now am undone

In Jackson [x2]

She is waiting there patiently
Streetlights light up her face
And her smile is a symphony
That no chamber could play
And I greet her with my best kiss
But now I'm outdone

In Jackson [x2]

Now I can't be alone
And I can't let her stay
So I making her home, so far away

From Jackson [x3]

Miles To Go lyrics - Dave Barnes

Brother I've been walking farther
Than any man has ever been
I got these scars on my feet
And I've got these bruises on my chin

People they all staring in wonder
Some they even laugh at me
They don't know just what I'm seeking
And if they did we would disagree

Lift up your eyes and don't stand still
People of the world
And people of the will
Move on and on and on down this road.

Don't give up and don't give in
Someday you will be strong again
But there's still miles to go.

Sister let me tell you something
Please don't call this bravery
If you understood my reasons
You'd be here to stand by me
Up ahead: a chorus singing
In that city set upon that hill
Brother that's where I'm going
And if you want you can join me still

Lift up your eyes and don't stand still
People of the world
And people of the will
Move on and on and on down this road.

Don't give up and don't give in
Someday you will be strong again
But there's still miles to go.

If you need me
I'll wait for you, oh I'll wait for you
When I am gone, I am gone

Lift up your eyes and don't stand still
People of the world
And people of the will
Move on down this road

Don't give up and don't give in
Someday you will be strong again
But there's still miles to go
[x2]

All That Noise lyrics - Dave Barnes

Jethro plays the trumpet
In Mount Zion Gospel Band
Playing that thing for 15 years, just as hard as he can

Now keep on playing that thing Jethro
Fills my heart with joy

If you don't play that trumpet
Lord, who's gonna make all that noise

Bubba plays the tuba every Sunday at the church
Play that thing for so long babe
Sometimes her lips they hurt

Now keep playing that thing Bubba
Fills my heart with joy

If you don't play that tuba
Lord, who's gonna make all that noise

Raymond is the drummer, sloppy as can be
Mama plays the organ like the 7th symphony
Papa plays the guitar, sometimes play the bass
And you can tell he's happy from the smile upon his face

Then there's little Liza who plays the tambourine
Sometimes play a smile
But mostly plays it mean

Keep playing that thing Liza
Fills my heart with joy

If you don't play that tambourine
Lord, whose gonna make all that noise

If you don't play that trumpet
Lord, whose gonna make all that noise

If you don't play that tuba
Lord, whose gonna make all that noise

C'mon and play that tambourine.

More Than A Man lyrics - Dave Barnes

I should first apologize
Cause I've done nothing but I'll do something
The good in me gets bad sometimes
But I don't mean it
I'll never mean it

Don't give up on me
Baby please believe

Cause I'll be more than a man for you
I'll do anything you ask me to
Heartache or heaven
Baby I will pursue
I'll be more than a man for you

I'll try to name you deity
We all want something
I'm missing something
Just explains the lack in me
Where I need you
And how I need you

So don't give up on me
Baby please believe

Cause I'll be more than a man for you
I'll do anything you ask me to
Heartache or heaven
Baby I will pursue
I'll be more than a man

There's a war inside my heart and mind
Between the hope ahead and the sin behind
All I ask...
Is you believe in me

I should first apologize.

Greyhound lyrics - Dave Barnes

Greyhound, Greyhound
Get my baby back now
In one piece, safe and sound
On Greyhound

My baby bought a ticket, can't wait to see her face
Coming back to Tennessee from a millions miles away
She got on this morning
Get here this afternoon
Pick up the pace, can't get here too soon

Greyhound, Greyhound
Get my baby back now
In one piece, safe and sound
On Greyhound
[x2]

I know her phone is ringing
She can't hear the sound
Drowned out by those big ol wheels eating up the ground
Jackson Mississippi, Memphis Tennessee
Two more hours til she's here with me

Greyhound, Greyhound
Get my baby back now
In one piece, safe and sound
On Greyhound
[x2]

Lord, You've been so good to me
Faithful friends, and a loving family
No I don't deserve it Lord
But one thing I pray
On that big ol' bus You'll keep her safe

Greyhound, Greyhound
Get my baby back now
In one piece, safe and sound
On Greyhound
[x2]

I can't believe she's coming back home...
To me

Stay Away lyrics - Dave Barnes

She hangs up the phone and she
Lays wide awake
Holding onto the heart you, again will break
It's not that she's innocent
And she's not been defiled
Yes she picks up the phone, well
It's you who dialed

And I know she's tell you to stay
But please, stay away
Stay away
Stay away

I know this is heavy
I know I seem mad
But you're the one who laughs and runs while
She's standing sad
We both know where this going from your history
She again will fall in love
You again will leave.

And I know she's telling you to stay
But please, stay away
Stay away
Stay away

She wears her heart on her sleeve
Yeah she's crying her eyes out to me
Heaven or hell she will go through
Depends on you
Depends on you

I Have And I Always Will lyrics - Dave Barnes (feat. Amy Grant)

Darling, we're both scared
But where love is, fear won't tread
All of these friends here agree
We're right where we should be

Underneath all you're white
My Lady, My Love, My Bride
In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will

I guess it's because I just do
Following heaven's clues
This is a big mystery
How I found you found me

Underneath all you're white
My Lady, My Love, My Bride
In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will

And you are changing now
Your part of me somehow
And I will never be alone

In your darkest hours
Will I love you still?
I have and I always will
I have and I always will

album: "Brother, Bring The Sun" (2004)

Crazyboutya lyrics - Dave Barnes

You don’t have to tell me, girl, I know it
and hallelujah is coming out my mouth
cause you’re my girl and girl I don’t deserve you
but deserving love is not what you’re about
I’m gonna tell the whole wide world about you
tell them what you really mean to me

[Chorus]
I’m crazy bout ya, baby, and I just can’t help it
some might call it selfish
I need you by my side
I'm crazy about you baby, and there’s no denying
no use even trying
I need you by my side
I need you by my side

all the girls in the papers and the movies
and the covers of the dirty magazines
They got nothing on your beauty, pretty baby
Cause you’re everything they wish they could be
I’m gonna tell the whole wide world about you
tell them what you really mean to me

[Chorus]
I’m crazy bout ya, baby, and I just can’t help it
some might call it selfish
I need you to myself
I'm crazy about you baby, and there’s no denying
no use even trying
I need you by my side
I need you by my side

You know I'm crazy
about you baby
there's no denying
need you by my side
you know I'm crazy
bout you baby
call me selfish
but I need, but I need you by my side

I'm crazy about you baby, and there’s no denying
no use even trying
I need you by my side
I need you by my side

Until You lyrics - Dave Barnes

Let's just take our time
There's nothing else to do
What better way to spend the night
Wasting air with you
The moon has won the war
The daylight waits to win
Stay here by my side we'll watch
The struggles start again

[Chorus:]
I need you now and forever
Just stay right here with me
Don't ever leave
Love was kept from me like a secret
And I swore that I was through
Until you, until you

The city settled down
I watch you as you sleep
There's a silent celebration for
Every breath you breathe
Now this all makes sense
You ask company
I left all I knew with the better part of me

[Chorus]

The time it took to find you
I will wait again my baby
The feelings that I feel
With you now yeah yeah

[Chorus]

Until you until you until you

Graces Amazing Hands lyrics - Dave Barnes

Grace's amazing hands, they hold me
They're as soft as a feather bed
She would never try to scould me
She knows the words that work instead

I always thought that love was frightening
I always thought it'd be so rough
Love has sent me down an angel baby
I knew it was grace, just by her touch

Grace's amazing hands, they're ugly
They're bruised by the blows that I've blown
She knows well I don't deserve her
She laughs and says
"That's the way love goes"

I always thought that love was frightening
I always thought it'd be so rough
Love has sent me down an angel baby
I knew it was grace, just by her touch

What did I do, hey yeah baby
What did I say
For love to smile down on me
And show me amazing grace
Show me amazing grace

Grace's amazing hands, they hold me
They're as soft as a feather bed

Can't Grow Tired Of Your Love lyrics - Dave Barnes

When you say you love me
It's something I can feel
Your words like fire
Melt my heart of steel
Only you do this to me
So let's take two and turn us into three

Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love

Tell me baby
What I can do
To take the love you give
And give it back to you
Break it down, let me know
Point your finger and baby, I will go

Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love

The sun will go down
the tides will change
It seems that nothing stays the same
But you and me baby
we're breaking rules
We're leaving lonely to the fools

Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love
Cause I can't grow tired of your love

The L.A. Song lyrics - Dave Barnes

She drives down on Sunset
With the windows down
Just so she can let it in
She knows he's far-gone now
But there still are pieces
Pieces there still left of him

He uses love like a bullet from a gun
She's careful like a surgeon
Everywhere he goes they all know to run
But she can't help but love him
Love him

There is a picture sitting by her bed
Her reflection in his face
She has been meaning, meaning to move it
But it's always been his place

He uses love like a bullet from a gun
She's careful like a surgeon
Everywhere he goes they all know to run
But she can't help but love him
Love him

City of angels, everyone is sleeping
4 am and she's awake
She is moving, moving that picture
Someone will fill that space

Someone will fill that space

Prayers Of The Saints lyrics - Dave Barnes

Mama's alone where the sirens call
They're filling up her mind like they fill the hall
Mama can't fight what she don't know
Baby looks fine while the cancer grows

Talking about the prayers of the saints
They can do what most men can't
God bends his ears just to hear what they say
Talking about the way they move
Makes them do the things that they do
Somewhere a saint is praying for you

Papa's alone while the sun sets red
Papa stands fine, baby lays in bed
Papa blames this on what he don't know
Baby looks fine while the cancer grows

Talking bout the prayers of the saints
They can do what most men can't
God bends his ears just to hear what they say
Talking about the way they move
Makes them do the things they do
Somewhere a saint is praying for you
[x2]

Your Love Will Never Change lyrics - Dave Barnes

They tell me
There's songs reserved for angels
Would you sing me one, a stranger
Just to prove your love

And You know they tell me
You've given poor men kingdoms
Handed guilty freedom
Taken on their stains
Your love will never change
Your love will never change

They tell me
You dwell with good and evil
In alleys and cathedrals
Shadows and a light

And You know they tell me
You hold the world together
Not from guilt but pleasure
You somehow know my name
Your love will never change
Your love will never change

So tell me
There's nothing that You can't do
Love me thought I've hurt You
You'll take all my blame
Your love will never change
Your love will never change
Your love will never change

What Am I Gonna Do lyrics - Dave Barnes

Call me courageous
Cause that's what I'm trying to be
We'll break through our silence
It's breaking its way through me

Without you I'm a sinner
Without you I'm a saint
Without you I can't do it
Without you I just can't

Hey what am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do with you by my side? [x2]

Speak to me somehow
A word's all I need to hear
To call for the sunlight
That left when you disappeared

Without you I'm a sinner
Without you I'm a saint
Without you I can't do it
Without you I just can't

Hey what am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do with you by my side?

Nothing Fancy lyrics - Dave Barnes

There's nothing fancy bout the way i love you,
there's nothing you could not find, in any other man.
There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
but I love you as hard as I can.

There's no good reason for the way you love me,
but you're my walking dream come true.
There's no good reason for the way you love me,
But I thank God that you do.

I don't know the perfect conversation,
I don't know the way to turn a head,
I don't know the perfect way to prove my love,
But I know I'll love you till I'm dead.

There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
It's as simple as the stars in the sky, and the blue in the sea.
There's nothing fancy bout the way I love you,
But it sure is fancy how you love me.

But it sure is fancy how you love me.

The Inbetween lyrics - Dave Barnes

I said don't you ever leave me lonely baby
You didn't know what to say
Now you got me worried 'bout the future baby
Doubt I see upon your face

Sometimes, yeah we move just like a freight train
And sometimes we don't even move
Somehow we're stuck here in this circle
Where you wait on me
I wait on you

Well love ain't got to be something complicated
It can be as easy as it seems
So tell me if we're hot or cold baby
Just save me from the inbetween

Monday, we're smiling and we're laughing
Tuesday, won't return my calls
Wednesday, I'm tearin up your pictures baby
Thursday night we're havin a ball

Love ain't got to be something complicated
It can be as easy as it seems
So tell me if we're hot or cold baby
Just save me from the inbetween

Give me proof we're going forward
And you know I won't ignore it
I just need to know what's goin on.
If you like this indecision
Well I hate to cause division, but I'm gone
Baby I'm gone

Love ain't got to be something complicated
It can be as easy as it seems
So tell me if we're hot or cold baby
Just save me from the in...

Love ain't got to be something complicated
It can be as easy as it seems
So tell me if we're hot or cold baby
Just save me from the inbetween