Go anywhere you want to
I will be right there by your side
All of the time
Cry anytime you want to
I will be there to hold you tight
And make your pain mine

Everything I've done
Has prepared me for only one
What these eyes have seen,
What these hands have held
Laying shadows of your grace

Well baby I know you've seen it all
Horrors untold
I may not have
What you need to make it all fade away
But my simple life and all of my time is yours

I know your heart is strong
Despite being walked upon
But it's full of more
Than you ever have explored
So just let it out, let yourself be loved

It's a complicated situation
I'm not asking you to walk away from your life
What I'm asking is, that you start living it
Not for anyone but you and you alone
Well I know it's huge
B ut I know that we can do it
For this love

STRAIGHT OUT THE GATE

I've been in a writer's block for months
Maybe it's just that nothing's going on
Or maybe there's a simpler explanation
For my lack of song
Formula seems to have worn out
Hang out in a bar and drink and let your hair grow long
Or maybe we can figure out
What went wrong

He who began a work in me
Is faithful to finish it completely
But am I faithful, faithful to
Spend a little time not working on you

People been calling me all day
Hey man, can I get into your show?
No sir, I'm afraid I can't help you out
No, not today, but maybe tomorrow

So listen up
Cause I've got something to tell you
I've been in a writer's block for months

Every time I dream
There's a color scheme
When I dream of you
It's in shades of blue

WEEKEND SONG

Coming up today
And it's been too long
Since I've gotten to see your face
Gonna paint the town
When the sun comes up
We'll just talk while we're laying around
Stay another day
And we'll laugh and we'll sing
While we don't do a thing
When you comin' back for another weekend?

All week, workin'
My girl is coming to town
Runnin', ridin'
Take every moment just as fast as we can
All night, party
And we'll be burnin' it down
Livin', lovin'
On the weekend

Pull up to my place
And I'm meeting you down
At the street cause I just can't wait
Whisper in your ear
Let's go smoke cigarettes
I'm so glad that you're finally here
Then we'll plan our day
When it's all said and done
We just plan to have fun
I'm so glad you're back for another weekend!

I touch your face
Heart begins to race
Is this right?
Certainly feels that way
So we kid ourselves
This happens every time

So are we stopping here?
Or are we letting go?
Don't know!

JUST TONIGHT

For the first time
One winter night
I held you close
Shaking and cold
All mine

Waited all night,
All of my life,
Just for one taste
One touch of your face
All night

We came back home and set our things aside
With sleepy eyes and racing minds
And then our words began to turn
To what we could learn
From just one kiss, just tonight

Headed back home
Having now known
Only a glimpse
Of true peacefulness
All mine

All torn apart
Broke someone's heart
My thoughts now move
Only to you
All night

Only one
Ever to come
Make my heart burst at the seams
In a moment of
A greater love
Will this be more than a dream?

We'll come back home and set our things aside
With sleepy eyes and peaceful minds
And then our words will turn
To what we had learned
And we'll know this won't be just tonight

PHOTOGRAPH

Well there's a memory
When you first came to me
The image soft and kind
Will never leave my mind

Take a picture of
Everything you love
All the joy you have
In a photograph

And on the day you'd gone
I waited far too long
But I was so young then
And now I wait again

And if we never touch again
Brush my lips across your body
You'll be alive in my memory
That is always mine

How long you letting it go
Now that you've really started to show
Your true colors
To more than just me?

And how long you letting it last
All these things you need to leave in your past
For yourself, for the health
Of your heart and mind?

Bayou girl,
This is your whole world
It's your life,
Don't let them tell you how to live it now!
After all you've learned,
Oh bayou girl,
Don't let them take it from you

And I'll give you everything
Your little heart could need
And we can start right now

LE DESIR DU NUAGE

High above these things
A cloud sings.
In his song, a dream
Is proud and holy.
In his shape, a dance
Of woe and beauty.
Dancing for his rain
And sunbeam.

And he never cries alone.
Gives away his pain in show.

Down below this cloud
A girl dreams.
In her dream, a boy
Is singing.
In his song, his love
Is raining.
But she is sheltered from
Its cleansing.

Wash yourself in me,
I will wash you clean.
Lay under my shade,
All your pain will fade.
Look to me for love,
I will be above.

You're trying to hear me out,
And I'm right in your ear.
You're trying to seek me out,
But I'm always right here.
You want to feel it out,
But I've always loved you.
So what are you not sure about?
This is all for you.

WE, OURS

Today has been the loneliest in recent times.
Plans we had, moved from ours to being only mine.

You were packing up your things,
I was coasting slowly through a dream.
But you moved so quietly
I did not stir, I slept right through it.

You may have
Seen a side of me you did not recognize.
But I can't stand
The sight of any kind of pain in your brown eyes.

BACK IS BROKEN

Separated from you since last night,
I knew that something was still wrong.
Single-minded me,
Well it took me till morning,
But I finally did see.

But now my back is broken,
From all of these words I've spoken.

With a little time
I've adopted a new way
Of quietly wishing you were mine.
You've begun to stand on your own now,
But it's clear you need a helping hand.

And I know that you're probably thinking
It was me that's been carrying you.
But you're doing fine on your own,
And to be honest,
I need someone to pull me through.
'Cause my back is broken.

There won't be much that you can say
That won't just make me feel this way
It's pulling tighter every day
The shameless way you've made me pay
And nothing that I ever gave
Can satisfy what I still crave
I'll always need someone to save!
--I just wanted to remind you

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

I've given everything
Everything I know how to give
All you need, happily

I've walked through the hard times, baby
When you were otherwise alone
No way home
I'm the only one who knows

Can you see the love now?
...Well I'm still with you either way.

We've seen a lot of life together
In and out of our own mistakes
Storms and shade
Lovers and heartbreak

But you know I want to tell you, darling,
I would do it all again
Just to feel
That you really know what's real

Can you see the love now?
...Well I'm still with you either way,
I guess I'll never learn.

You don't have to try hard to see into my heart
'Cause it pours from my voice anytime the music starts.