Rain in the Desert (Strathman/May)
Paradise is all relative
The distance between where you are
And where you want to be
Keep driving, wake me when we get there
Stare into the light
Shut your eyes so tight
They won’t know what to do
When it rains in the desert
Wasted prayers and promises
Searching for shelter
Everything you get
Another link in the chain
That pulls you to the bottom of your sea
I forget where we said we’re going
Doesn’t mean that much tonight
We’re too far gone
Drunken nighttime wishes don’t come true in the day
If only out of spite
I dream in black and white
They won’t know what to do
When it rains in the desert
Wasted prayers and promises
Searching for shelter
Everything you get
Another link in the chain
That pulls you to the bottom of your sea
My back is tired, but my mind’s at ease
Take up all this extra
Throw it to the breeze
If only out of spite
I dream in black and white
They won’t know what to do
When it rains in the desert
Wasted prayers and promises
Searching for shelter
Everything you get
Another link in the chain
That pulls you to the bottom of your sea
Hang On (May/Strathman)
I see the morning light at the break of day
You just lie there in your own peaceful way
If I told you a lie would you let it burn
Let it hold you hostage and me in turn
I know what’s wrong
I just keep trying to hang on
There’s things you regret things you know are wrong
The night may end but the sin ain’t gone
Choices in life you know nothing’s free
Choices in life take their toll on me
I know what’s wrong
I just keep trying to hang on
I know what’s wrong
I just keep trying to hang on
Fading Sun (May/Strathman)
15 years have up and gone away
Doesn’t seem much more than a day
Far from where I thought we both would be
But this life sure ain’t much on guarantees
Fading sun
You’re the one
For me
For 15 years I thought you’d let him go
But when you don’t call you think that I should know
There’s no way you ever think of me
Someday girl you know I’ll probably see
Fading sun
Are you the one
When your roads they look the same
The past is an illusion we try live again
Believe again
For 15 years I’ve played the same guitar
In the same old band in the same old soulless bar
Dreaming of you and the little that’s left of me
Knowing this is how it’s meant to be
Fading sun
Are you the one
Fading sun
You’re never gone
Don’t Look Down (Strathman/May)
It’s been a year or two
Since I’ve known you
Without all of this
Though you haven’t dimmed a bit
Despite all of it
You’re not fearless
You shine like neon down the sidewalk when it rains
Tell me why it always rains
If you get a little scared of the glare from the dizzying heights
Don’t look down It’ll be alright
Just hold onto my hand and I’ll get you through the night
Don’t look down
It’ll be alright
Look what you’ve been through
Your world’s turned blue
And you struggle to breathe
Against your will
The plans stand still
Like make believe
Your eyes are diamonds ripping holes right through the night
Tell me why it’s always night
If you get a little scared of the glare from the dizzying heights
Don’t look down It’ll be alright
Just hold onto my hand and I’ll get you through the night
Don’t look down
It’ll be alright
Alright, just like it was before
Alright, it’s still you that I adore
I know you’re scared, and honey I want to get you home
Just know you’ll never be alone
If you get a little scared of the glare from the dizzying heights
Don’t look down It’ll be alright
Just hold onto my hand and I’ll get you through the night
Don’t look down
It’ll be alright
Alright
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
Mirror Ball (May/Strathman)
Pull down that night shade let’s begin
That same cold feeling comes again
You’re here not there
And you wear that same blank stare
That same cold feeling comes again
Can’t find the sense in what you say
You change your view from day to day
While I’m strung along
I look but then you’re gone
Some nightmares can’t be cured by day
And I don’t know
Which way to go
A part of me lost to you
Prying hearts from you don't
Load that gun and I won't
Pretend that we’re not torn in two
Seems like I've spent my whole life waiting
For a subtle touch that never comes
I'm losing time here going nowhere
Waiting for what you won't become
The sun’s distorted in your eye
And I’m all through asking why
I’m leaving you to go
I'm all alone
It’s sometimes hard to say goodbye
And I don’t know
Which way to go
A part of me lost to you
Prying hearts from you don't
Load that gun and I won’t
Pretend that we’re not torn in two
So Hard to Need You (Strathman/May/Sosna)
There was a time when
I was lost wandering
Nothing but night sky
Waiting on stars
You were a soft fall wind
That got underneath my skin
I shook like a willow
And fell like a stone
Oh how I come for you
Those eyes of ocean blue
Oh how I need you
So hard to need you
Like I do
You say that you want me
To always be laughing
To burn like a desert fire
Return like the rain
But we change with the weather
And the wind takes a feather
You can’t hold the rose without risking the thorns
Oh how I come for you
Those eyes of ocean blue
Oh how I need you
So hard to need you
But I do
All I thought I wanted
Well I give it all away
Oh I, yes I, yes I give it all
Where will this soft wind blow?
Will my night starts still glow?
To trust in tomorrow
I surrender today
Oh how I come for you
Those eyes of ocean blue
Oh how I need you
So hard to need you
Oh how I need you
So hard to need you
Like I do
Trucker (May/Strathman)
You’re at home and boredom’s setting in
And I'm left to guess just how you want to begin
In between your words, I sense some kind of truth
But it’s lost on me and now we're left to lose
And now I’m back in motion
Trying hard to contemplate the notion
Now that we’re done trying
All that’s left now is the justifying
I resign myself each time we begin
You bleed me down right to the very end
It will be that way till the end of time
Searching for love that you aren't meant to find
And now I’m back in motion
Trying hard to contemplate the notion
Now that we’re done trying
All that’s left now is the justifying
Alone, I cut through the night
All my memories now have turned from black to white
A slow compromise, a one sided deal
Left to trade away all that I think and feel
And now I’m back in motion
Trying hard to contemplate the notion
Now that we’re done trying
All that’s left now is the justifying
On a Roll (May/Strathman)
I lost my job last winter
My marriage had worn through
Live on the kindness of strangers
In each town I’m passing through
A glimpse of self reflection
And all I ask is why
Why there’s no direction
When she finally says goodbye
And I know you don’t ask why
But it comes as some surprise
I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll
Long forgotten and alone
Left for broke, nowhere’s home
Betting on a broken heart
That’s for fools, like you
I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll
Stopped in some bar near Reno
And the waitress brought me a beer
We talked some ‘bout her family
And how I ended up in here
Some men just ain’t meant to settle down
No matter how hard they try
At closing we went back to her place
She promptly showed me why
And I know you don’t ask why
And it comes as some surprise
I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll
Long forgotten and alone
Left for broke, nowhere’s home
Betting on a broken heart
That’s for fools, like you
Fools, like you
I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll
Waiting (May/ Strathman)
I’m left waiting
For you to come around
I’ve been waiting for you to
Finally lie down
Showing patience
In what you’ve left to do
Showing patience
I silently wait for you
We’ve taken the long road so far
No one ever said it’d be this hard
I’m only waiting
I’m only waiting on your heart
An unkept promise
Denial of the past
And the sun it blinds me
As it pounds on your back
And in the end
It’s all the same to me
Gone tomorrow till then
What will be will be
We’ve taken the long road so far
No one ever said it’d be this hard
I’m only waiting
I’m only waiting on your heart
But this time it’s going to be perfect
I’m gonna make a new start today
This time I’m going to get lucky
To myself that’s what I say
We’ve taken the long road so far
No one ever said it’d be this hard
I’m only waiting
I’m only waiting on your heart
Back to You (May/Strathman)
On the verge of nightfall
Wondering if we’ve seen it all
Been down this road it looks the same
Start another day
In much the same way
As daddy did now who’s to blame
Singing Songs
But not for long
Playing by rules of someone else’s game
And I’ll still be with you tonight
It’s all I know that feels right
And every road I’ve traveled
Leads me back to you
All that's left is to see it through
Looking back it all
Had us up against a wall
Too tall for one to overcome
And when I lifted you
So tall you could see through
You said it all had come undone
So now we’re back in line
Every day just marking time
Stays the same until we’re gone
And I’ll still be with you tonight
It’s all I know that feels right
And every road I’ve traveled
Leads me back to you
All that’s left is to see it through
And I’ll still be with you tonight
It’s all I know that feels right
And every road I’ve traveled
Leads me back to you