All lyrics by Burlington
(except track 11, by John Andrew)
1. Like It Or Not
Like it or not I’m on this flight
Takeoff and eastward bound tonight
I’ll see you when I touch down again
But you don’t know how close I am
With my head in the clouds and my thoughts on the ground
Down where my heart resides
I pick you up
I let you down
You don’t need to see my face around
I want to be with you but I’m no good for you
I bring the storm you’ll be my shelter
When I feel like I can’t go on you’ll be there
Ready or not Its time to go
Takeoff and homeward bound to you
I’ll see you when I come around again
But you don’t know how close I am
With my head in the clouds and my thoughts on the ground
Down where my heart resides
I pick you up
I let you down
You don’t need to see my face around
I want to be with you but I’m no good for you
I bring the storm you’ll be my shelter
When I feel like I can’t go on you’ll be there
On the phone I needed you
I told you then I needed you
I’m sorry, I’m sorry about this
I’ll take this one day at a time
3 years and now I’m out of line
Now I’m ready to move on and get this going forward
I bring the storm you’ll be my shelter
When I feel like I can’t go on you’ll be there
2. Time Zones and Dial Tones
I let my hand
Ride the air outside my car window
Because it makes me feel alive
And this feeling of being free
Makes it easier for my to breathe
And breathing easy
Make me think of being with you
I want to feel alive for the first time in my life
So please just take my hand tonight
The only thing I have tonight
Are time zones and dial tones
And your voice to make it all alright
Because you’re so close to me
When you’re on the end of the line
And I don’t want to say goodnight
No I don’t want to say goodnight
I want to feel alive for the first time in my life
So please just take my hand tonight
Because I want to feel your love
And run my fingers through your hair
You make me wonder how I lived my life without you
Because I want to feel your love
And run my fingers through your hair
You make me wonder how I lived my life without you
3. All Eyes (Pop)
All eyes on you now
You’re the only one who made it
The only one who could
No one stands a chance
Standing next to you
You steal the suns view
You eclipse the moon
I know we’re not the best for you
We’re always tried and true
The stars they shine for you
The least we can do
Is try to get out of your way
And only if we could
We don’t stand a chance
Standing next to you
You steal the leaves hue
The seasons change for you
I know we’re not the best for you
We’re always tried and true
The stars they shine for you
I hope you come back soon
You wrap around my heart
I know we’re not the best for you
We’re always tried and true
The stars they shine for you
4. Help Me Here
As my fall semester is ending
Mother calls me on the phone
Tells me my brother is using
And school can’t keep him not alone
And can’t go home right now
A parking lot and a broken heart
A busted wrist and bloody teeth
From the west coast to the eastern seaboard
I am begging
As Christmas time is nearing
Family seeks out what I know
All about drugs and how to bring her home
But she won’t come home right now
The great white north and a bloody nose
A busted heart and a broken home
From the west coast to the eastern seaboard
If you can hear
I am begging, begging
Send help, please help me here
5. Send Me The Sun (Not Ready)
I have been trying for years
To take the love, take the love from tears
And set it to set it to pen
So you might read the emotion
Each line compelling and true
Every word an emotion
Your being is my sole occupation
I am not, I am not ready
I am not, I am not ready
For you to be, for you to be leaving
For you to be, for you to be leaving
I have been hoping for years
To take the love, take the love from tears
And make it my make it my voice
So you might hear a pleasant noise
Each note insiteful and true
With all my intuition
Your existence is my inspiration
I am not, I am not ready
I am not, I am not ready
For you to be, for you to be leaving
For you to be, for you to be leaving
You are so far away
But I can still feel your heart beating
Through me
You’re not where you should be
With me, with me
I am not, I am not ready
I am not, I am not ready
For you to be, for you to be leaving
For you to be, for you to be gone
6. Moochy NY
Put your head on my shoulder
I’ll stay as long as you need
Because you’re there for me
And I’m here for you
And I swear I’ll never leave
As long as you believe in me
Someone tell me what I’ve done
To deserve their lives in mine
You’re so beautiful
And I’m so ugly inside
You’re like the words to a song
That I wish I could sing
But I can’t find the words
To do you justice
So don’t ever let me go
I won’t let you go it alone
Someone tell me what I’ve done, someone tell me
To deserve their lives in mine
You’re so beautiful
And I’m so ugly inside
When you fall I’ll catch you
No matter what I’m with you
This is how I’ll tell you
I can’t live without you
(When I’m blind you see)
(When I’m sad you smile)
(I hope you always smile)
Someone tell me what I’ve done, someone tell me
To deserve their lives in mine
You’re so beautiful
And I’m so ugly inside
7. If I Could Afford Priceless
Today before you woke up
It almost made me cry
Because when I kissed you
You smiled because you knew that I was there
And from that moment
The only thing I’ve though about is you
You make my knees shake
Legs so weak
You make it hard for me to breathe
Everything that’s wrong goes right when I’m with you
There’s nothing you could say
And nothing you could do
To make me change the way I feel when I’m with you
I know that he burned you
And I know how you feel
But I promise you
That you’ll never hurt again
To see your face without a smile
Would make me cry myself to sleep, tonight
You make my knees shake
Legs so weak
You make it hard for me to breathe
Everything that’s wrong goes right when I’m with you
There’s nothing you could say
And nothing you could do
To make me change the way I feel when I’m with you
8. OOS, OOM
Five hour trip
Was all it took
For you to meet me here
Now I sit here writing songs
Of all the times I should have spent with you near
You’re everything I ever wanted
Ever needed
You’re everything I ever wanted
Taken away from me
1 whole year
And 8 whole months
I tried to play the game
Through the good times and the bad
I knew the goodness wouldn’t last
Once I lost your gaze
You’re everything I ever wanted
Ever needed
You’re everything I ever wanted
Taken away from me
Just give me some time
I’ll pretend to be fine
I’ll pretend to be
Just give me some time
I’ll pretend to be fine
I’ll pretend to be
Just give me some time
9. Don’t Keep Me Waiting
As the days get shorter
And the nights get colder
I know you’ll be leaving
And I look forward to receiving
The letter that you’ve been meaning
To send since last November
The time its taking
Has kept me waiting
I can’t hold on much longer
I can’t hold on to this word
That you left me hanging on
And I don’t want to think of what it is you’ve become
Now I know how you feel
So I guess I’ll go it alone
As the days get longer
And the nights get warmer
I know you’ll be returning
And I look forward to receiving
The call you’ve been meaning
To make since last December
The time its taking
Don’t keep me waiting
I need to feel you here
I can’t hold on to this word
That you left me hanging on
And I don’t want to think of what it is you’ve become
Now I know how you feel
So I guess I’ll go it alone
10. Amy
Amy cries by herself at night
Full of fear she holds her pillow tight
How could I do this to myself she says
What would she have done she prays
Would she stay with me
Or would she do what I did
She thinks, She breathes, She screams
She lost a piece of her heart tonight
Now it’s over when she wakes up
Don’t Think, Don’t Speak, Just Breathe
Amy can’t keep her mind from racing
Alone in her room she thinks did I
Did I, I left her alone in the dark
And I don’t feel her heartbeat
And would she stay for me
I hope she knows what that means
She thinks, She breathes, She screams
She lost a piece of her heart tonight
Now it’s over when she wakes up
Don’t Think, Don’t Speak, Just Breathe
I can see you (what was I to you)
I can feel you (here in your room)
I don’t have you but I need you (the things that we do)
But I need you (I’m undone and broken)
She lost a piece of her heart tonight
Now it’s over when she wakes up
Don’t Think, Don’t Speak, Just Breathe
11. Holiday
Once I lived on the sunny side of the street
Life was good and the grass was oh so sweet
As more things came there came the day
I kissed my sweet childhood away
I remember the time when I first saw you standing there
You melted my heart as we jumped through the rain
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a holiday
The times when our luck was really down
Living on pancakes, spaghetti, and cheese by the pound
If life’s’ so go then where does it go
Now there’s some things we should never know
I remember the time when I first saw you standing there
You melted my heart as we jumped through the rain
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
No Worries
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
You and I are due for a holiday
You and I are due for a sweet summer’s day
12. Golden
You can’t stop me
You can’t stop me
I’m seeing things so differently
You don’t want me
You don’t want me
Let’s just do this easily
Now I’m bleeding
I feel inside out, incomplete and needy
Yeah you need me
Yeah you need me
The way you treat me
The way you treat me
Yes I need you
Do you need me
You can’t stop me
You can’t stop me
Yeah you need me
Yeah you need me
You can’t stop me
You can’t stop me
Yeah you need me
Yeah you need me
Hey!
© 2009 The Brothers Orr