STEPHEN GRAYCE LYRICS - Lovers And Liars

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LOVERS AND LIARS

ZERO FIVE (instrumental)

LOVERS AND LIARS at the corner of the bar at the bar on the corner / something's up and someone's down / staring in a glass like looking in a mirror / hoping hope will come around / and the sun's long gone but the moon isn't showing / it knows enough to leave the scene / 'cause light means light and dark means over / sometimes there's nothing inbetween / so much cold inside these fires / can't tell the difference between lovers and liars / a million miles away on the other side of town / another drifter picks a road / a man on a mission, he's got to tame the tiger / before his lonely heart explodes / and a walk becomes a run as he stumbles toward a beacon / shooting upwards like a flare / but just because he sees a rhyme to meet the reason / doesn't mean it's really there / it's never there / too many hearts beneath the tires / can't tell the difference between lovers and liars / is there no more illusion behind it all / gravity tells you it's time to fall / but still you keep looking for some heaven's glow / somebody told you don't let go / so what do you do when fate conspires / to feather the difference between lovers and liars

WELCOME TO AMERICA inside a house on somewhere street / where colors run and neighbors meet / escapes a boy in stocking feet / with headphones on his ears / one of three he stands alone / the others cut straight from the bone / of family traditions sewn / across a thousand smoky years / and since his drum is not the same / he's deemed unworthy of the game / and love is soon replaced with shame / welcome to america / i saw the prez on the tube today / a weathered lie in flesh and grey / explaining all his trash away / and pouring gas on fire / and i wondered what he'd ever do / if he were once subjected to / a fraction of what we go through / on this side of the razor wire / and meanwhile half a mile away / a child cannot come out to play / because her dad got shot today / welcome to america / the home of the brave is getting braver / the land of the free is all locked up / some people say we need a savior / i just think we need some luck / last night i bumped into your friend / asked him just how you had been / he said you'd died four months ago / so you don't get out much / and i know we weren't the best of friends / but i knew you as a gracious man / and i wondered what god's petty hand / could flick you down with just a touch / and as the dance floor spun around / and twentysomethings put us down / someone bought another round / welcome to america

HAVEN you were so alone / you were so afraid / and i was so proud to hold you / i took your hand / and made you smile / and you did the same for me / i was your haven / in life's dark storm / when the world had left you cold / i kept you warm / i kept you warm / then it turned around / and i fell down / and you were there to catch me / with a tender kiss / and a gentle touch / you brought me home again / you were my haven / in life's dark storm / when the world had left me cold / you kept me warm / and i don't know what to do now / but i will do it for you now / and i'll see your face / in the sun / in everyone / life is sweet / time is short / but i'm so glad you made it / and if you go / you have to know / i'm with you all the way / i'll be your haven / in life's dark storm / if the world leaves you cold / i'll keep you warm / 'cause you were my haven / in life's dark storm / when the world had left me cold / you kept me warm / you kept me warm

THING YOU SAY i'm asking questions but you're not talking / the secrets keep and the truth keeps walking / time goes by and the story's thin / when the hurt comes home it'll walk right in / look me in the eye and throw your lies my way / by the time they come around i won't believe a word you say / now your cover's blown and your alibi's broken / your words are ghosts before they're spoken / your memory's short and your shadow's long / you hid your heart and now mine is gone / you're flying high but you're blowing me away / by the time you touch back down i won't believe a thing you say / when faith has fallen love cannot last / and my expectations are sinking fast / but one thing's sure when you come 'round / i can count on you to let me down / so don't bother telling me if you leave or if you stay / 'cause by the time it hits my ears i won't believe a thing you say

HALF A MOON i sat in the dim light with the strangers / waiting for your bold attack / you took the stage you took my heart / must not've liked it 'cause you spat it back / and as we filtered through the disbelief / with warm hands and cold hearts / we were left to wonder just what we'd seen / and how the hell it had fallen apart / you let us down you killed your sound too soon / left us blind with half a mind and half a moon / whispers swirled around the room as the spectacle became / amateur detectives espoused their theories as to why you left the game / someone might've missed a note or two they said / and they might have been correct / but if the only one who noticed was you / you could have carried on and continued to connect / but you took a pout and emptied out the room / left me here with half a beer and half a moon / valets scrambled for a thousand cars in the half-glow of exit light / you were the highbeams we were just your deer / dazed and blinded and stumbling in the night / so will you please please remember missy / next time you pass that equipment truck / that my 35 dollars is still 35 dollars / whether you think you soar or suck / you ran aground you killed your sound too soon / left us here with half a beer and half a moon / you opted out and brought about a harsher tune / left us blind with half a mind and half a moon / there's 25,000 singers without a record deal

JUST LIKE YOU you float from room to room / you light the stars and shame the moon / and beauty swarms around you / so blase and unaware / you lift love here and drop it there / as if it never found you / and the other lovers in the hall are not amused / they can't believe you treat their dreams the way you do / but it's just like you / and if the buildings get too tall / you up and walk right through the walls / like they're too thin to mention / the streets dissolve like molten wire / but you're impervious to fire / entitled to ascension / but darling you can't see the palace, the palace or the coup / and so you waste away the joys that you pass through / and it's just like you / earth to princess can you win this game / drugged and dancing down the road to fame / is this the pride that comes before your fall / are you there at all / so there you go all legs and curls / the saddest person's perfect girl / but you don't know how to be it / and when the ride comes to an end / will you break or will you bend / and will we even see it / 'cause in there somewhere is the girl that someone knew / but she transposed into the star we all see through / and she's just like you

GOOD TO GO she was sitting alone so he sidled on up and said hey you wanna have some fun / she tossed her white russian right into his eyes and snapped i don't take that crap from no one / he stumbled from the bar and out to the car and wiped the smirn off his face / he gunned that motor and waved bye-bye to where he never should've been in the first place / hey hey it's just an error in judgement / hey hey it's just a row you hoe / hey hey it's just a temporary weakness / one drink later and you're good to go / two hours later twenty bucks down he's sitting with a promisin' hand / and a girl from out of town in an off-white wedding gown says 'you look like a gambling man' / well he takes his cash to leave that bash and she cries "must you fly so soon" / he says "save your act and i'll save myself 'cause honey baby here comes the groom " / hey hey it's just an error in judgement / hey hey it's just a row you hoe / hey hey it's just a temporary weakness / one drink later and you're good to go / he keeps hoping that fate will find him / he keeps looking for that brilliant light / he keeps making the wrong decisions / but so far everything's turned out all right / so he checks into the all-night confessional gonna tell the lord about his sins / sees the other hypocrites waiting their turn and he figures he'll fit right in / well he rattles off his trials and his misdemeanors and the padre he says "wow / forget the hail marys and fetch that car buddy take me with you now" / hey hey it's just an error in judgement / hey hey it's just a row you hoe / hey hey it's just a temporary weakness / one drink later and you're good to go

SEE YOUR EYES i'm here / you're there / and i'm smilin' like a millionaire / any time i see your eyes / be it luck / be it fate / baby it's all worth the wait / any time i see your eyes / 'cause your eyes / they see a deeper part of me than others see / and your heart / is the sweetest path to any dream i've ever dreamed / i may falter / i may fall / but i can weather anything at all / any time i see your eyes / and your eyes / are the brightest thing i see each day / i have to say / and their shine / it never fails it always takes / my breath away / so forgive me / if i stare / but i can get so lost in there / any time i see your eyes / any time i see your eyes

MAMA GOT MARRIED mama got married / she got so excited / at least i suppose so / i wasn't invited / she was on the hunt now / looking for a next of kin / a place to lay her head down / a place to sink her claws in / mama got married / mama found a new love / got herself a new man / snapped her little fingers / and he jumped into the frying pan / now she has a new house / bigger than the last one / did he pull her heart strings / or did she pull a fast one / mama got married / she got down and she got down to it / found herself a fire and dove right through it / mama's just grinning from ear to ear / gonna make a bundle on her tax this year / mama got married / caught him on his last leg / so he gets henpeck / and she gets a nest egg / she's on cloud nine now / she's rolling in clover / meanwhile in the graveyard / daddy rolls over / mama got married

BLIND i have no excuse for my behavior / didn't give the love that you deserve / i only pray forgiveness will be my savior / and baby i'm meaning every word / i was blind / i was blind / but now i see / i guess i wasn't thinking 'bout tomorrow / always living in the here and now / i should have known my weakness / would bring you sorrow / and i will make it up to you somehow / i was blind / i was blind / but now i see / the pain inside / this gentle heart / that i made cry / and i see / that i was wrong / i don't know why / it took so long / it took so long / so now i'm standing here before you / with humble heart and ragged stance / i can't believe / that i ignored you / baby all i need is one more chance / i was blind / i was blind blind blind / i was blind / but now i see / i see

IMPERFECT HEART got the call / 5:03 / talkin' 'bout people talkin' 'bout me / i don't care / know they're wrong / they play the jury and i play along / they believe / there's no chance / your plans plus my plans can equal romance / they're so sure / that they know / but i have this dream and i'm not letting go / and i'm trying / to connect / but i'm coming up blue and i ain't reached you yet / need to know / where to start / searching for your perfect love / with my imperfect heart / here we go / round 23 / i try to grasp it / and it eludes me / it's so hard / to live this life / wishing all day and crying all night / but i hope / and i pray / you'll see what i see and we'll find a way / my eyes / are on your face / but the sweeter the purse babe the harder the race / and i'm trying / to connect / but i'm coming up blue and i ain't reached you yet / need to know / where to start / searching for your perfect love / with my imperfect heart / where'd you go babe / and where am i / catch this spark / don't let it die / and i'm trying / to connect / but i'm coming up blue and i ain't reached you yet / need to know / where to start / searching for your perfect love with my imperfect heart / trying to connect / but i'm coming up blue and i ain't reached you yet / need to know / where to start / searching for your perfect love / with my imperfect heart / my imperfect heart

HINDSIGHT (CLEAR) two miles south of tangerine / beneath the brightest stars i've seen / i wonder if your view's the same / and if you ever think of me / and i think of what i pushed aside / as i started on my lonely ride / and all the things i threw away / that i should've known i'd need someday / it's all so clear / now that you're not here / it's all so clear / now that you're not here / i'm standing on a street i know / near the roses that we used to grow / they're dying in the garden now / doesn't seem the same somehow / and if i have one wish for you / i'm wishing that you never knew / the pain i brought into your eyes / with my steely heart and velvet lies / it's oh so clear / now that you're not here / it's oh so clear / now that you're not here

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