1. |
For the Sake of Love
05:06
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You got me inside out, you got me upside down
You have a way of turning me around and around
The little things you do to keep me gettin' stale
Check me when I’m wrong and lift me up if I may fail
The perfect match could be the one that don’t quite fit
Shimmyin' forever, trying to make the best of it
All I’m saying is that I’m happy when you're here
Glad that we together ’til we go and disappear
We’ve been working for the sake of this love
Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough
It gets hot and then we let it cool off
For the sake of love
We sink our hands on in, molding this like clay
Building up one life together, going day by day
We stumble now and then but always find our feet
Never took a dancing lesson, feelin’ out the beat
We’ve been working for the sake of this love
Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough
It gets hot and then we let it cool off
For the sake of love
The seasons always change
And the snow becomes the rain
All these people rearrange - some may go
The night becomes the day
Blues skies turn to grey
Sometimes we lose our way from our home
Some people go astray but I know
That we won’t
We’ve been working for the sake of this love
Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough
It gets hot and then we let it cool off
For the sake, for the sake of this love
Ooh we’ve been working for the sake of this love
Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough
It gets hot and then we let it cool off
For the sake of love
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2. |
Boomerangs
04:13
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When I was young I told myself not to come home ‘til I found who I was
I’m not so sure that my goals were achievable though I am not giving up
All of my friends are like boomerangs skimming the sky, tumbling for a ride
Just like me they tried catching a breeze but we know how the boomerang flies
Yeah we know how the boomerang flies
Why do we always come back to the nest
Despite what we said all those years in the past
Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string
A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing
Singin' la da da da, la da da
Singin' la da da da, la da da
We’re boomerangs
On your first flight you feel bigger and smaller at once; in a magnifying glass
In just a few days you’ll have tilted the rear-view straight up, truly flying at last
Months become years and one day you feel something askew, like a “tug-o-war” heart
Straighten your arms out in front like a zombie would do and walk it back to the start
Why do we always come back to the nest
Despite what we said all those years in the past
Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string
A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing
Why do we always come back to the nest
Despite what we said all those years in the past
Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string
A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing
Singin' la da da da, la da da
Singin' la da da da, la da da
We’re boomerangs
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3. |
Sweet & Sour
02:38
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She thinks sleep is the greatest thing since sliced bread
And she believes that some things are better unsaid
I like way that she operates in my bed
She operates in my head
I try to fix things that I think are broke about her
But when I step back I see these things as power
She's like a desert sand that grows the nicest flowers
My girl is sweet and sour
My girl is sweet and sour
I’m out in space now, I'm orbiting around her
She makes my head spin a thousand miles per hour
But I don’t want to live this life without her
My girl is sweet and sour
My girl is sweet and sour
My girl is sweet and sour
My girl, my girl, my girl is sweet and sour, sour, sour
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Sending a signal up, are you there to receive
Can you hear me, do you read
You’re loud and clear up here, every message makes its way to me
I can see you and your everything
But child, didn’t you have doubts about heaven
Sure do, but for you I make exception
I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do
No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I still reside inside you
I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly
Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be
How ‘bout these last two years, you’ve grown up mighty fast
Never though it’d come to pass
I guess I’m standing in, grabbed the torch from your hand
Trying to make you ever-last
And I still have doubts about a Promised Land
You do, and you’ll never understand
I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do
No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I still reside inside you
I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly
Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be
Nothing could replace the moments that we shared back then
I guess that’s just the way it always goes
You’re not wrong but don’t mistake this for the end
All that lives was born and died before
I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do
No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I find myself, I find myself inside you
I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly
Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be
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5. |
Growing Love
05:28
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I always wondered how you made your way to me
When I look back a dozen years it seems like fifty
A calendar full of perfect days, I never pictured it like this
And each time that we share the air, I’m blanketed in bliss
And I think we’re growing love
And I think we’re growing up
Yeah, I think we’re growing love
Yes, we’re growing love
Do you remember when we spent all day attached
Young love was something else, yeah we were moving fast
Not a lot has changed since then, we’re in a different place and time
I still feel you across the room, magnetic with your eyes
And I think we’re growing love
And I think we’re growing up
Yeah, I think we’re growing love
Yes, we’re growing love
One day at a time, there is always more to find
I am yours and you are mine, and that is love
One day at a time, there is always more to find
I am yours and you are mine, and that is love
One day at a time, there is always more to find
I am yours and you are mine, and that is love
One day at a time, there is always more to find
I am yours and you are mine, and that is love
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6. |
Under Water
05:27
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A strange and lonely little place
The room between my ears feels like its walls are closing in
I teeter back and forth; most days I’m hopeful and in love but not this moment
You wouldn’t know it
Afraid and maybe lacking sleep
I tinker with my chemistry, tonight I’ll switch to tea
A fleeting sadness hovers, I rarely draw the shutters but I’m home sick
You wouldn’t know it
Most of time I’m doing just fine
But I’m offline
I’m under water and I’m out of breath
Stuck in quicksand, facing death
I feel my heart beating out of my chest
But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head
The pain is an imaginary friend
Gaslit my attic, got me spinning to no end
Selfishly my mind made this to replace lost experience I might’ve known 90 years ago
So here I lie with just my thoughts
Beating me up and running all these scary plots
I shut it off when you’re around, ziplock the feeling way deep down in my pocket
You wouldn’t know it
Most of time I’m doing just fine
But I’m offline
I’m under water and I’m out of breath
Stuck in quicksand, facing death
I feel my heart beating out of my chest
But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head
You always ride it out
Less intense the next time than the last
It’s best to sit it down
Laugh at it and watch it slowly pass
I’m under water and I’m out of breath
Stuck in quicksand, facing death
I feel my heart beating out of my chest
But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head
I feel my heart beating out of my chest
But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head
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7. |
Congregate
04:12
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It begins to fall
The snow is in control, the people at its beck and call
We say a prayer
Deliver us, old furnace, blow your breath into our air
The schools are closed
Teachers and parents are inversely juxtaposed
Yet all is right
For the first time in forever we’re all fighting the same fight
Congregate out in the drives
Crooked backs and squinted eyes
Crack a smile by surprise
When we suffer together we seem to do better
Here comes the rain
Spinning like a washer in this evil hurricane
Board up the glass
Delicate apartments may not even stand a chance
Courageous souls
Will try to ride it out while others leave behind their homes
In all this strife
For the first time in forever we're all fighting the same fight
Congregate on higher ground
Hopeful glances all around
Brought some spirit to this town
When we suffer together we seem to do better
Why does it take a catastrophe to remind us of who we have to be
It’s kinda sick to see it play out like it does
Cause when the snow melts and floods recede we move right on like it was just a dream
I kinda wish it’d always stay the way it was
Maybe it never really was...
Congregate when times are tough
But not before or for too long
God forbid we get along
When we suffer together we seem to do better
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8. |
Floating Free
03:57
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"Peg" plays on the radio
I spin my whiskey Sprite around
My friends all left an hour ago
Looking for the things I’ve found
I can flirt, you know I'll try
And I can use all of my eyes
Flashing lights are in my sight
My old lady waits for me tonight
I am married to the woman that I met at age 16
Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve
I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be
Swimming alone and floating free
All this time I've been the ears
A sounding board after a beer
Holding out a one-way mirror
Pretending like I've once been here
But I'm vicarious
I'd like to know just how it is
To feel real heartbreak on your lips
To really know the hits and misses
I am married to the woman that I met at age 16
Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve
I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be
Swimming alone and floating free
I try my best to understand what it might be like
Without someone holding your hand and standing by your side
Well maybe they're just as fine as I
I am married to the woman that I met at age 16
Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve
I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be
Swimming alone, swimming alone, yeah they're swimming alone
Swimming alone and floating free
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9. |
Different Flowers
03:44
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I hear a knock, no one is there
When I will fall, who’ll say a prayer
Making a home inside my head
Where will it go when I’m dead
Heaven existed until I came of age
Staring up at the stars
Where fires rage to the end of time
Feel it burn when it’s on your mind
Contemplating the end of the line
But where are the walls, are we really stuck
We can find the top if we climb on up
No type of infinity appeals to me
Nirvana and nothing are the same at the seed
They’re just different flowers
Time and space are just words that give us weight
I fear that it’s all just make believe
Free will and theories of a simulated state
Beyond it what’s the meaning, what’s at stake
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10. |
Angel Eyes
04:26
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She woke me up when I was deep asleep
Pulled me out of some terrible dream
Through my murmurs she heard misery
And she spoke to me
Soft and gentle like an angel's voice
"You're okay," she whispered through the noise
And I woke to see her angel eyes
In the dark of night
She is the light
When darkness reigns
She makes me right
When I'm in pain
It's a long hard day
Waiting for you in the pouring rain
But I swear I will stay
Until I see your smiling face
There are times when I don't feel so well
I don't know why I have horrible spells
But I found a way to calm myself
When I can't get on
She has a power that I can’t explain
Just her being here can cure my pain
Unaware of what she does for me
I know this is love
She is the light
When darkness reigns
She makes me right
When I'm in pain
It's a long hard day
Waiting for you in the pouring rain
But I swear I will stay
Until I see your smiling face
Yeah it's a long hard day
Waiting for you in the pouring rain
But I swear I will stay
Until I see your smiling face
And in the morning when I rise to see the sun
It's no surprise that I'm not tired
Thanks to you I am alive, and I feel young
It's no surprise
That it's a long hard day
Waiting for you in the pouring rain
But I swear I will stay
Until I see your smiling face
It's a long hard day
Waiting for you in the pouring rain
But I swear I will stay
Yeah I swear I will stay
But I swear I will stay
Until I see your smiling face
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11. |
Lost in Prelude
04:01
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I see a cell tower blinking right in front a sunset
10 miles and I think I can touch it
Looks hot like a firey oven
It’s cold outside, ain’t phased or nothin’
It got dark but the light’s still there
All our little voices are in the air
I can find a metaphor somewhere
But this cell tower can’t relay my prayer
I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too
But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude
Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons
We used to fill this time with utter ease
I’d like to share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets
But since you’ve left no message is received
Been looking for your likeness in every face
Sparkling eyes and a smile for days
But nothing on earth can replace
Video, voicemail, no none of it’s the same
I feel bad moving on without you
Growing up too fast like I do
If you were here you’d say “slow down dude”
Well I know, I know, I know
I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too
But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude
Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons
We used to fill this time with utter ease
I’d like to share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets
But since you’ve left no message is received
I’d do anything to breathe the air you breathe
It's like trying to catch the wind
It seems so real when it brushes past your skin
But you can’t bottle it
It’s everywhere and nowhere, that’s just how it is
I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too
But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude
Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons
We used to fill this time with utter ease
I wanna share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets
But since you’ve left no message is received
I’d do anything to breathe the air you breathe
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12. |
7 Billion Spotlights
03:40
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I don't know what the world expects from me
Lately I been thinking 'bout what I wanna do
Caught up inside my selfish fantasy
Maybe I should spin around and broaden the view
I think we're all so sad, living in efficiencies
Trapped inside these one-bedroom walls
Look at all our faces fixed upon these little screens
Guilty by just going along
We're out here for ourselves, maybe for the first time in history
7 billion spotlights shining down on each and every one
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
Oh no no
The soldier's coming home, leaving his new family
Back inside his one-bedroom walls
We're so surprised when he–deprived of his community–
Struggles to continue at all
We're out here for ourselves, maybe for the first time in history
7 billion spotlights shining down on each and every one
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
Oh no no, oh no no
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
We’re all on our own
Oh no no, oh no no, oh no no
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13. |
Baptized in February
03:51
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Wash it with water, watch it get clean
We got 40 degrees this February
Piles of snow now reduced to debris
Staining the ground and will soon be set free
Now you are set free
Baptized by time and made holy each day
Oh we rise and we fall like the sun
Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay
Oh we die and the death is undone
We’re in a season no different the rest
Raincoat or flannel, spring/summer dress
The dial is spinning: north-south and east-west
We circle a star in our nothingness
Some call it providence
Baptized by time and made holy each day
Oh we rise and we fall like the sun
Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay
Oh we die and the death is undone
Wipe the sleep from your eyes and swivel your head
It’s a nice, sweet surprise to still be in bed
If yesterday’s highs are shriveled and dead
Just remind yourself that you are alive, tomorrow is next
Baptized by time and made holy each day
Oh we rise and we fall like the sun
Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay
Oh we die and the death is undone
Oh we die and the death is undone
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Dan Collins and a Piano Madison, Wisconsin
Singer-songwriter & pianist making music out of Madison, WI.
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