1. |
Alice
03:57
|
|
||
|
Hey there beautiful, how are you tonight?
I tried to talk to you before, but nothing came out right
So let me try one last time
To make these words sound fine
If you were Alice, I would take you to Wonderland
If you wanted the beach, I would bring you the sand
I'll break this silence with a song
You know I've wanted you for so long.
But now I watch the world as it passes me on by
And I have to ask myself why I
Never said those words in my head, so here it goes.
If you were Alice, I would take you to Wonderland
If you started to fall, I would help you to stand.
Now this silence rings so loud inside our ears
But its still the same after all these years.
Hey there beautiful, how are you tonight?
I am in the dark and you are in the light
So let me try one last time
To get this right, let's make things right.
Take a step through the looking glass,
I am losing my hold on you so fast.
So Alice dear, please come here, and follow this white rabbit.
You know time is getting late.
The Queen of Hearts is waiting at the gate.
|
||||
2. |
Temporary
03:35
|
|
||
|
Drop the keys off in the ashtray
I will say nothing. Nothing to say
Light your eyes up till they turn red.
Do whatever, love, I'll wait for you in bed.
And I don't think this is how it goes,
but we'll get there I know.
Its temporary, would you agree?
It is temporary, don't you see?
When you don't answer, do I myself
Regardless of truth or anything else.
When you don't kiss back, when you don't feel
I will find myself someone who will.
And I don't suppose its how it goes,
But we'll get there I know
Its temporary, would you agree?
It is temporary, don't you see?
I would bear your marks with open pride
If you could only bring yourself to touch me
Oh~ its temporary
Don't look at me that way
Don't look at me that way
I would bear your marks with open pride
If you could only bring yourself to touch me
And I don't suppose its how it goes,
but we'll get there I know.
Its temporary, would you agree?
It is temporary, don't you see?
|
||||
3. |
Feathered Friends
03:13
|
|
||
|
Sitting outside my window, staring at me
Perched in sunlit silence at the top of the trees
My feathered friends if I could
Take up wing and soar away
I know I could find myself a home in a better place
And maybe if I could fly
I'd meet you in the sky
The only thing is that I
Would have to say... goodbye.
My feathered friends could you just, carry me around
I'm sick of having my feet trapped here on the ground
Everyone I know and love would seem so very small
Maybe we'd go so high that I couldn't see them at all.
And maybe if we could fly
We'd all meet in the sky
And we would be alright
We wouldn't have to say... goodbye.
And maybe if I could fly
I'd meet you in the sky
The only thing is that I
Would have to say...
|
||||
4. |
Genevieve
04:34
|
|
||
|
She had brass buttons on her coat
A tortoise shell comb in her hair
She used to walk along the seawall
The salt spray in the air
Her name was Genevieve
And I loved her once but
She had to leave
She fell in love with a merchant man
Who traded spices from foreign lands
She opened the door one day and found him
standing on her doorstep, and he asked her for her hand
She said yes, without a thought or hesitation
And since that day my heart hasn't been the same
So now I walk along the seawall
Waiting for any ships to come in
I look for girls with brass buttons on their coats
On their coats.
|
||||
5. |
These Three Words
05:21
|
|
||
|
Don't let it get your down
There's so much more to this world
Than this small town and, love,
Don't let it get you down
There's so much more to these three words than love
There's I and You and we'll get through this
And be better off for all of it.
Sit back relax don't fret
In case you ever forget
I'm right here beside you
My arms are open to enclose you
I know you're breaking down
But I'll my best to hold you together, we'll weather this winter
The snow is cold but if you let your heart become the same
I'll try to warm it up with the words I say, so
Don't let it get your down
There's so much more to this world
Than this small town and, love,
Don't let it get you down
There's so much more to these three words than love
There's You and I and that's alright for now.
Let's pretend that we never heard those words
That we never wanted to hear
My dear, my love, my heart will be enough.
And when this all blows over, and spring has come at last
We'll know that we've grown stronger thatn we were in the past
We'll become something greater than we were before
We'll stride upon the airwaves, we'll crash upon the shores, so.
Don't let it get your down
There's so much more to this world
Than this small town and, love,
Don't let it get you down
There's so much more to these three words than love
There's I and You and we'll get through this
And be better off for all of it.
|
||||
6. |
Walk The Beach
05:17
|
|
||
|
I walk along the seaboard
The waves crash to foam on the shores
The serpentine of the ocean's green
Is cast against their moorings.
And sometimes I wonder what is like
To be on the sea as the morning light
Comes up the horizon, the sun filters through the clouds
So the day fills your eyes in, you wonder aloud
I can see a boat on the waves
And I want to be there
Out on the rolling tide
The spray in my hair.
And I know that sometimes, life isn't fair.
So I walk the beach again.
All along the boardwalk
People gather 'round
Just to hear with waiting ears
The young musician's sound
As he plays, golden rays come peeking through the clouds
And the day's misty haze turns away from the ground
So the day fills your eyes in, you wonder aloud.
I can see a boat on the waves
And I want to be there
Out on the rolling tide
The spray in my hair.
And I know that sometimes, life isn't fair.
So I walk the beach again.
I just walk beach again.
-
I can see a boat on the waves
And I want to be there
Out on the rolling tide
The spray in my hair.
And I know that sometimes, life isn't fair.
So I walk the beach again.
I just walk beach again.
|
||||
7. |
Not From Here
04:06
|
|
||
8. |
Did You Want It (At All)
06:29
|
|
||
|
We fabricated emotions to dwell inside our souls
We burned our bodies to ashes, we used our love for coals
Like a phoenix rising, you came out in bloom
But I stayed burning hoping it would change soon
Did you want it at all~
Did you show me your love, or was it all a game?
Did you want it at all~
Was I ever enough, will it ever be the same?
Will it ever be
will it ever be...
The water is rising to sweep beneath my feet
The tide is turning to pull me out to sea
But you remain floating, well above the winds
While I'm close to drowning, struggling to swim.
Did you want it at all~
Did you show me your love, or was it all a game?
Did you want it at all~
Was I ever enough, will it ever be the same?
Will it ever be
will it ever be...
So now I am resting back on solid ground
Hoping that one day, maybe you'll come down
And grace my presence with another chance
Or maybe you could offer me, before you go, one last dance.
Did you want it at all~
Did you show me your love, or was it all a game?
Did you want it at all~
Was I ever enough, will it ever be the same?
Will it ever be
will it ever be...
Did you ever
Did you want it at all~
Did you want it at all~
Did you want it at all~
Did you want it at all~
Did you want it at all~
Was I ever enough, will it ever be the same?
|
||||
If you like Kevin Matthews, you may also like:
Over-Garage Demos
by Ben Leonard
supported by 4 fans who also own “Not From Here”
go to album
The Cloud Machine
by Andrew Heath
Inspired by the simple innocence of his own childhood, Andrew Heath composes soothing drones, rich in texture.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 9, 2024
go to album
Composer, artist, and 12k label founder Taylor Deupree collaborates with Joseph Branciforte to reimagine his own seminal album.
go to album
Everyday Exotic
by Slow Reels (Ian Hawgood and James Murray)
The experimental ambient duo of Ian Hawgood and James Murray complement downtempo beats with meditative electro-acoustic textures.
go to album
Ocean Garden
by Turn On The Sunlight
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 26, 2024
go to album
The gorgeously minimalist “boat” blends long, sustained major chords with the sound of lapping waves.
go to album
