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Motionsick
04:23
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Better keep moving or I might fall down
Wish I didn’t get so motion sick
I’d give up my kingdom for a break in this town
But nothing that I’m throwing out seems to stick
I’ve been sleeping like shit and I’ve been wasting my time
I’ve been trying to put all of my pearls before swine
And I’m tired I’m so tired
But tonight all I want is you
I’ve been drinking doesn’t mean that I’ve been thinking
I’m acting like I’m 19 feeling like I’m 41
I’m hollowed out and dry my ship is sinking
Or am I blinking out judgemental sun
My stitch is in time but I still can’t save mine
Just last week I had a dream that you died
And I’m tired I’m so tired
But tonight all I want is you
Better keep moving or I might fall down
Wish I didn’t get so motion sick
I’ve been looking for you through all the bottles and the jars
I’ve been searching through all of the girls at the bars
And I’m tired I’m so damn tired
But tonight all I want is you
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2. |
I'm Afraid Of My Heart
02:35
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I’m afraid of my heart
Want to give it to you
What if it don’t last
What if it’s ever untrue
I’m afraid of my heart
This traitor in my chest
That only wants to love you
I hope it never rests
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m afraid of my heart
So many ways it can betray me
Give up on you or give up the ghost
Lead me astray or break or slay me
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m afraid of my heart
Want to give you all my years
But how many have I got left inside
Say I’m too young for all these fears
But I don’t know how my father died
Don’t know how my father died
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m getting older you know
Our lives are only beginning
And I don’t want you to have to let me go
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m afraid of my heart
I’m afraid of my heart
Want to give it to you
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3. |
Strange the Way
03:14
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Well strange the way it seems
I changed horses in midstream
And it took a while to get back to my pace
Then the stream changed up with me
And I’m broken company
And I hate the way it slides across your face
Well I tried to change your mind
Tried to live the way I like
But the years keep slipping off behind my back
And I’m graying in my beard
And I’m finding it hard to hear
When you ask me if I ever loved you back
I did the right thing the wrong way
Tried to take a shortcut to the long way
I did the right thing the wrong way
And with reasons off I went
Into your winter of discontent
Maybe not the kindest thing I swear I know
Sometimes I lie away at night
Wishing I could make it right
But that ship sailed and I just watched it go
I did the right thing the wrong way
Tried to take a shortcut to the long way
I did the right thing the wrong way
Someday I’ll be on a train
Or go out walking in the rain
And I’ll see you with a new and better man
And I hope you can forget and love again
I did the right thing the wrong way
Tried to take a shortcut to the long way
I did the right thing the wrong way
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Planetstruck
04:22
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The heat of the light
And the weight of the heat
And the reflections from off of the cars in the street
And you looked in my eyes
And you flashed me a smile
And I was frozen leveled and planet-struck there for awhile
Because your gravity pulls me to you
Like the tide to the moon
And the light you reflect in the gathering gloom
Brighter than stars
Planet-struck
Out of tune
And I tumble through night
On the back of your love
Sky is open world is turning around from so high above
Because your gravity pulls me to you
Like the tide to the moon
And the light you reflect in the gathering gloom
Brighter than stars
Planet-struck
Out of tune
And you warm to my hands
And you breathe all my breath
And I’ve never been more frightened to lose to death
Because your gravity pulls me to you
Like the tide to the moon
And the light you reflect in the gathering gloom
Brighter than stars
Planet-struck
Out of tune
And you warm to my hands
And you breathe all my breath
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Moon Over My Shoulder
05:03
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1:41 in the morning driving home from the show
Sure hope that they liked it some nights I don’t know
Just want to reach someone maybe brighten their day
If my voice and my fingers can take a bit of that weight
I’ve got a piece of shit car filled all up with gear
Got a girl wants to live anyplace else but here
I got nine hundred dollars til the rent comes up due
I got nowhere to land and nothing else I can do
But I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And I’ve got the roads all to myself
I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And for a moment I don’t need anything else
Drivers side window edge of my view
Watch over me as I drive home to you
I’ll be hoarse when I wake up it’ll clear up by four
So I can do it again fifty miles and then
Load back in through the backstage door
Got a day job that barely makes up a fair wage
Got a fire inside me only cools off onstage
I’ve got forty-eight dollars and a ringing in my ears
And a feeling that I’m wasting all my best years
But I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And I’ve got the roads all to myself
I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And for a moment I don’t need anything else
9:00 high
Pale from weariness
Of climbing the heavens and peering down at the likes of us
Got seventeen bucks and a half tank of gas
And a lifetime of dreams that are fading away fast
But I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And I’ve got the roads all to myself
I’ve got the moon looking over my shoulder
And for a moment I don’t need anything else
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6. |
Eight-State Arms
04:13
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Saw you called this morning
Couldn’t find my phone
I was on a couch in Boston
You were sleeping all alone
Your house is cold and empty
I live from town to town
And I forget the way time passes
Every time that I’m not around
If I could reach you
If I had eight-state arms
And all the facts and figures
And all the charts and graphs
Still haven’t taught me
How to fold the map
So I could reach you
If I had eight-state arms
North and South and East and West
I’m always afraid to leave the nest
Up down left and right
Worry about you alone at night
Planes and trains and automobiles
Still not home when life gets real
Every night I face your way
Sing my songs to say
I want to reach you
Wish I had eight-state arms
And all the facts and figures
And all the charts and graphs
Still haven’t taught me
How to fold the map
So I could reach you
If I had eight-state arms
I want to reach you
Wish I had eight-state arms
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7. |
Twelve
05:16
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I’ve lost my time
Lost my frame of reference
And I missed my sign
All the things I’ve never said
All the things I’ve never said
Inside out spinning with my head and my heels
Point in the wrong direction
Got too drunk last night I’ll make it up to you
Had thoughts of another life I’ll take it if you want me to
Til I find my way then I don’t care anymore
So I’ll see you when we’re playing I’ll sing for you like a thousand times before
Inside out spinning with my head and my heels
Point in the wrong direction
My old mind grinning with my future gone
Point in the wrong direction
I know I’m seeming awful distant tonight
Just want to wait a little while til I’m feeling all right
I know I’m seeming awful callous tonight
Just want to wait a little longer til we are all right
We are all right
Got too drunk last night I’ll make it up to you
Had thoughts of another life I’ll take it if you want me to
Til I find my way I’m not scared anymore
So I’ll see you when we’re playing sing for you like a thousand times before
Like a thousand times before
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8. |
Guy Fawkes Day
04:39
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Remember remember the fifth of November
Sleeping in the other room
If ever if ever I knew where the ends were
Our home might not be such a tomb
The leaves are blowing in the windows in the darkness
Lit up by last years christmas lights
You asked me if there was room left in my heart then
Couldn’t look you in the eye
Remember remember awful things I can’t contend for
Hanging right over my head
If ever if ever I thought there was redress for
I could come back to our bed
Longing for some sort of greater understanding
It’s so quiet I can hear the furnace run
And maybe everybody has to fall down sometime
But it matters how the fall is done
Remember remember the ashes and the embers
Remember when we were aflame
When nights were long and cold and tangled in between us
When I could live inside your name
I’m sorry
Remember remember the fifth of November
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9. |
Two Lanes
04:22
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I’ve been lost and I’ve been found
I’ve been singing my songs in bars and I’ve been around
I’ve been away from you as far as I would ever want to go
God willing and the gas holds out tonight I’m coming home
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
When you’re leaving in the darkest hour of night
Every city looks the same the closing bars the lights the cars
Made another left on Main St cuz I thought I saw a sign
Left some miles back behind me got you on my mind
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
Wish I may wish I might
Wish I’d see your face before the morning light
Some dreams fade some dreams die
Second star to the right
Second star to the right
I’ve been on the road drunk and sleep on floors
I’ve made mistakes and I’ll make more
But love ain’t worth a thing if it don’t live through private wars
And love ain’t worth a thing if no one ever knows the score
And love ain’t worth a thing if it’s never been explored
And love ain’t worth a thing if it’s not driving home at four
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
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10. |
On Yer Own
04:30
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Take heart little bird
The snow’s melting soon
There’ll be grass underfoot
Crickets to sing you a summertime tune
Take heart little bird
I know it seems dark but the dawn
Will not see its shadow
Will not hesitate to bring the sun
The world is too big for a bird on her own
Rest assured little bird you will not be alone
Take heart little bird
The cat’s gone to sleep
You’ll be in no danger you’re well out of range
Of her dreaming so deep
The world is too big for a bird on her own
Rest assured little bird you will not be alone
Take heart little bird
This too shall pass
Don’t try to hold on tight to now
It becomes then too fast
The world is too big for a bird on her own
Rest assured little bird you will not be alone
Take heart little bird
The snow’s melting soon
There’ll be grass underfoot
Crickets to sing you a summertime tune
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I’ve been lost and I’ve been found
I’ve been singing my songs in bars and I’ve been around
I’ve been away from you as far as I would ever want to go
God willing and the gas holds out tonight I’m coming home
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
When you’re leaving in the darkest hour of night
Every city looks the same the closing bars the lights the cars
Made another left on Main St cuz I thought I saw a sign
Left some miles back behind me got you on my mind
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
Wish I may wish I might
Wish I’d see your face before the morning light
Some dreams fade some dreams die
Second star to the right
Second star to the right
I’ve been on the road drunk and sleep on floors
I’ve made mistakes and I’ll make more
But love ain’t worth a thing if it don’t live through private wars
And love ain’t worth a thing if no one ever knows the score
And love ain’t worth a thing if it’s never been explored
And love ain’t worth a thing if it’s not driving home at four
Second star to the right
Two lanes of nothing
Straight on til morning
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James Hearne New York
Powerhouse vocals over woodsy guitars, literate songs times wry banter, floor-to-ceiling dynamics plus wall-to-wall heart.
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