TIMES ARE HARD

Once I had a life and it was almost perfect
Thought the happy days would never end
Then things went bad and I lost direction
Thought I’d never find that peace of mind again

Chorus
When times are hard would you stand beside me
When times are hard would you hold my hand
Can I lean on you till I find my balance
And get my feet back on the ground again

So I turned to drink and it was too expensive
I turned to god and there’s nothing there
So I turned the page and kept on going
To find the place where I should be

Chorus / solo

So you lie awake and do your thinking
Your demons come then you pray for dawn
And your coldest memories have got you sinking
No one knows the places you have gone

 

When times are hard you can stand beside me
When times are hard you can hold my hand
You can lean on me till you find your balance
And get your feet back on the ground again.
And get your feet back on the ground again
Ooh and get your feet back on the ground again.


GHOST TRAIN

I’m looking down this steel track
and the smoke is dirty black
my reflection’s in the window
but nobody’s lookin back
and these wheel’s they keep on rollin
like the tears roll down my face
and there’s nobody waiting
to meet me at any place

ghost train i’m riding on a ghost train
it hauls a load of hard pain
i’m riding on a ghost train

well I left her at the station
but her memory rides with me
she handed me a one way ticket
with no return that I could see
and the tunnel’s long and dirty
but there’s no light at the end
and the rails are runnin straight
but i’m halfway round the bend

chorus /solo

well the driver doesn’t see
and the conductor does’t speak
and my heart’s a heavy load
and the grade is getting steep
so i’m riding on this ghost train
and my lonesome rides with me
and I don’t know where the line ends
but it will be the end for me.

chorus


THE LIMIT

it’s Friday night I hate my boss
what can I do i’m at a loss
get in the shower look flash
grab the keys got the cash
jump in the car head to town
hopes up foot down

get to the bar there’s cleavage and beer
I know exactly what i’m doing here
big smile little wink
less talk more drink
I know she loves me I can tell
and the barman says i’m doing well

the limit i’m at my limit
there’s one life you’re in it
go to the limit

a little dancing and the lights are dim
i’m going crazy starting to spin
the bouncers got me we head for the door
my feet are dragging across the floor
it’s all over i’m out in the dark
where’s my friends where the fuck did I park

chorus/solo

next morning sore head
where am I who’s bed
my wallet’s gone there’s a stain on my jeans
black eye feel mean
sunday night money’s gone
what happened what went wrong

chorus x2


SHALLOW GRAVE

i thought it was over, i knew we were done
i didn’t need her, it was good she was gone
she cant come back the price has been paid
and i thought that the memories would fade

i just cant seem to shake that girl off
thought i was stronger now thought i was tough
thought i was free but i’m just a slave
coz she was buried in a shallow grave

what can I do, i’m going down slow
lost all direction, lost all control

when i should be sleeping she swirls through my head
this love should be over now, this love should be dead
but her ghost comes back every day
coz she was buried in a shallow grave

and my heart knows that i cant be saved
coz she was buried, buried in a shallow grave.

buried. buried in a shallow grave


(WHO’S GONNA LOVE YOU) WHEN I’M GONE

who’s gonna feed your cat
whos gonna pay the rent
who’s gonna change the tyre
one day you’ll wish i never went

who’s gonna hold you tight
who’s gonna love you when i”m gone

who’s gonna duck and weave when you throw your pots and pans around the room
whos gonna calm you down when you’re flying round and round on that broom

who’s gonna hold you tight
who’s gonna love you when i’m gone

solo

who you gonna ostracize when i get home late from the bar
who you gonna terrorize when you find some lipstick on the back seat of my car

who’s gonna hold you tight
who’s gonna love you when i’m gone

solo

who’s gonna dry your tears
who’s gonna lift you off your knees
who’s gonna bail you out not leave you swinging in the breeze

who’s gonna hold you tight
who’s gonna love you when i’m gone x2


PUSH

Out to dinner just yesterday
I got pissed when I heard her say
That she wanted me to pay
Oh my god I think I’m in trouble
I try to be nice but its always a struggle

I had too much to drink
She had too much to say
You know I hate it when it goes this way
Oh my god I think I’m in trouble
I say l’m on the wagon but I pour myself a double
Oh my god I think I’m in trouble
I say I’m on the wagon but I pour myself a double

Words fly in the dead of night
Bottles crash and the plates they fly
Its always been this way

She came at me with a knife
But I pulled it from her had
Once again I got my way

Oh my god I think I’m in trouble
I knew it was bad when the push came to shovel.
Oh my god I think I’m in trouble
I knew it was bad when the push came to shovel.


BOTTLE TIME

the day is over and I’ve got no place to go
out she walked even though I love her so
mood turning black as darkness falls
through the silence I hear it call

bottle time I feel it in my bones
bottle time in all the broken homes
bottle time it lets you slip away
bottle at the end of every day

think back to when you felt a smile
now every day becomes a trial
don’t remember the name of any friends
uncork the answer once again

chorus / solo

life’s slipping past a one way ride
feels like i’m watching from outside
a horror movie and i’m the star
take the top off another play my part

chorus