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Midnight Girl
04:28
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Midnight girl come paint me in your portrait of blue
Before I knew all your words would ring out true
Paint me on your bookshelf and play me for a fool
Put me in the sky and paint my pedestal
Midnight girl come sing me all the songs I’ve never heard
Write me a novel and I’ll hang on every word
Fill in all the blank spaces and put me on hold
Write me in between the lines before I grow old
Midnight girl come take away my throne
And tell me how much I’ve grown
Heavy is my head that wears the crown
So take me home and parade me around town
Midnight girl come teach me all the lessons never learned
Come cross with me all the bridges never burned
Pave me my path and teach me how to stay in line
What you stole from me is ours, and what’s yours is mine
Midnight girl come use me as your canvas as white
Take me with you no matter how much I kick and fight
Use me for my pride and use me for my skin
Take what is yours and absolve me of my sins
Midnight girl come take away my crown
And tell me how much I've grown
Heavy is the heart that sits upon the throne
So take it off and parade me around town
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I Don't Know
04:12
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Why do you say I'm the lucky one
I guess you've never really seen me undone
If only I knew as good as you
I'd have the guts to think twice too
Everyone's telling me what's right and wrong
Every damn night now I sing my song
But I never think back when I'm with you
So you take the chance to cut my heart in two
I'm a lucky man without much to lose
When it comes to it though I just can't chose
Now my luck's running out and the night's growing old
Maybe I should learn to just do what I'm told
People come and people go
Yet I'm still surprised
That I say that I don't know
And settle for a compromise
I've made some bets and have everything to lose
They tell me I'm close and it's not abuse
Now my luck's running out and my patience wearing thin
I try and I try but I just can't win
There's a part of me that wants to move on
Because my intentions are too far gone
There's the part of you that still says yes
Leaving me stranded and left to guess
I hate contradictions and accusations
And all that come and go
I hate all of your propositions
And not being able to know
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