Brian Cottrill

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It's a pre-breakup song.

I feel electric baby, I?m feeling free
I need to get your body far from me
Just look around you baby, look in the sky
The clouds are circling, it makes me high

Please don?t waste my time
Every time you look at me you?re looking down your nose
I won?t be fooled twice
You pressure me for promises, you?re taking off your clothes

You need a place to hide
Finally your time has come
You?ll reap what you sew
It?s time to say goodbye
Cause baby, you gotta go

I?m getting? tired baby, I?m running down
Now when you talk to me, I hate that sound
I took my chances baby, I slipped and fell
I threw my money down a wishing well

Look me in the eye
You?re acting stupid even when you know the score
It?s too late to cry
I gave you everything I had, you?re always wanting more

You need a place to hide
Finally your time has come
You?ll reap what you sew
It?s time to say goodbye
Cause baby, you gotta go

Take a look inside
It?s all around us now, the damage from the blows
Please don?t tell this lie
Why try to hide the truth when everybody knows

You need a place to hide
Finally your time has come
You?ll reap what you sew
It?s time to wave goodbye
Cause baby, you gotta go
You gotta go

37

Hope for a better tomorrow...

This song is about a person being pulled out of addiction by their lover.

Can?t hide the fear that makes me shake all over
Can?t hide the pain that?s eating at my soul
He walks into his prison where I?m tortured
He breaks the spell, he free me from this hold

He says we?ll start all over
Walk past, the demons from beyond
He says they?ll be no more darkness
Let?s turn tomorrow on

Outside the storm rages all around me
Outside the world laughs at me and lies
I look into the water, it is silent
I see the storm reflecting in my eyes

He says we?ll start all over
Walk past, the demons from within
He says they?ll be no more darkness
Let?s turn tomorrow on

He says we?ll start all over
He says, yesterday?s gone
He says they?ll be no more darkness
Let?s turn tomorrow on
Let?s turn tomorrow on

17

Sun goes down over Mulberry Street tonight
Close my eyes, lay there quietly
I can?t sleep I think of all the plans I made yesterday
Time slipped by before I realized my dreams

I can feel your hand on me
Feel me next to you
I can see us growing old
I don?t know what to do, what to do

This house is too small for kids we love but can?t afford
I?ve got an endless list of work to do, guess I?ll never be bored

We?ll never have much money, no matter how hard we try
The sun?ll keep on shining and we?ll keep getting? by
Barely getting? by, yea we?re caught up in this web
Made our decisions long ago, never knew where they led

Cold winds blow through the treetops, through the windowsill
Grass grows tall ?round the tombstones on the hill
Remember Grandpa said, ?life is short, hold onto what you love?
Time slipped by before memories were lost

I can feel your hand on me
Feel me next to you
I can see us growing old
I don?t know what to do, what to do

Darkness all around, I hold on to your hand
Whisper in my ear as we?re walkin? through the sand

We?ll never have much money, no matter how hard we try
The sun?ll keep on shining and we?ll keep getting? by
Barely getting? by, yea it doesn?t quite seem fair
We?ll spin our wheels forever, we?re not going nowhere

On and on, the world just keeps on turning
Time won?t stop, no it won?t wait for you
On and on, these dreams are reoccurring
They won?t stop, but we?ve got each other to hold onto
Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never be
Hold on, Baby, hold on to me

We?ll never have much money, no matter how hard we try
The sun?ll keep on shining and we?ll keep getting? by
Barely getting? by, yea we?re caught up in this web
Made our decisions long ago, never knew where they led, no

34

This song is about a couple getting divorced and wondering if there will ever be a reconciliation.

There's a castle in the sand
Slowly taken by the tide
We don't work to understand
Never see the other side
Always look for who to blame
Never learned how to forgive
Want everyone to be the same
Always take and never give

When the world is dying
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years
Will we live forever then
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years

As I look into your eyes
You don't see me anymore
You don't need to act surprised
I know what you're living for
They say time will heal the wounds
That have torn your world apart
But you will never be the same
As you're staring at the scars

When the world is dying
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years
Will we live forever then
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years

A rose is dying in the weeds
Hidden from the sun and rain
I can't give you what you need
Can't you see we'll never change
Never change
Always look for who to blame
Never learned how to forgive
Want everyone to be the same
Always take and never give

When the world is dying
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years
Will we live forever then
Will we be together then
In a 100,000 years
Never learned how to forgive
In a 100,000 years
In a 100,000 years

9

Lie to me and you say it?s the truth
Truth, you make it a lie, yes indeed
I don?t know when I?ll see our other side
You say you?re my friend, you?ll always be there for me

But I know there?s more
You got something to hide
You can?t just walk in the door
Shake my hand with a smile on your face
Expect me to believe that you don?t have something to hide

Yea, you want all the gold you can get
No, you could care less if we die
There?s no way, things will ever be the same
Now you say, to start over now, we?ll try (no way!)

But you lied before
I can see through your eyes
You can?s just walk out the door
Leaving me with your broken promises
While you cover your tracks
You?ve got something to hide

Yea, your day?s gonna come
When there?ll be nowhere to hide
Just when you thought it was fun
You?re all alone with your money and lies
You got no where to run, all you have is something to hide
Yea, something to hide
Yea, something to hide

11

Whenever I?m feelin? blue
I don?t want money, I don?t want candy
I just want my honey
Whenever I?m feelin? blue, I reach out for you

Whenever I?m feelin? down
I can?t smell flowers, I can?t see rainbows
A minute lasts an hour
Whenever I?m feelin? down, I want you around

You push all the clouds away from me
Put your arms around me now, I?m free

There?s a letter in the mail
It says I wrote some bad checks
The phone starts ringing
There's trouble singing
If I can?t hide today, I?ll just run away

Whenever I?m feelin? blue
I can?t hear music, I?ve got no rhythm
I just feel so useless
Whenever I?m feelin? blue, all I want is you

Whenever I?m feelin? blue
Whenever I?m feelin? blue
I call you up, it?s nothing new
Yea, there?s no doubt, it?s what you do
When I?m feelin? blue

15

A song about the paranoia of war, bombs and nuclear war.

Ooh, when the fire comes, there?s nowhere to go run and hide
You know I want you near, I want you here by my side
Ooh, when the fire comes, No it doesn?t care who it harms
You know I want you here, want you here in my arms

I?m to scared to watch the TV news, reveal the horrors of the day
And I?m nervous when I think of you a thousand miles away

Ooh, when the fire comes, there?s nowhere to go run and hide
You know I want you near, I want you here by my side
Ooh, when the fire comes, No it doesn?t care who it harms
You know I want you here, want you here in my arms

Another day another night of time, together we stare at the moon
I guess there?s no way to make it last, the end will come too soon

Ooh, when the fire comes, there?s nowhere to go run and hide
You know I want you near, I want you here by my side
Ooh, when the fire comes, No it doesn?t care who it harms
You know I want you here, want you here in my arms

Yea, we?re gonna fall
Ooh, I feel so small
Who, will end it all
Ooh

Ooh, when the fire comes, there?s nowhere to go run and hide
You know I want you near, I want you here by my side
Ooh, when the fire comes, No it doesn?t care who it harms
You know I want you here, want you here in my arms

Ooh, There is no where to run and hide
Ooh, You know I want you in my arms
Ooh, Yea, you better run
Ooh, when the fire comes

21

There was a day when I was dreaming
The years disappeared into the air
There was a day when I was holding her in my arms
Didn't have a care

Now all that I see is darkness in the day
And all that I see is how it slips away
Now that I lost everything I had
Don't say I might not remember
At least she will never know
How it feels to be left in this world alone
All alone

As I'm staring out the window
When I'm walking up the stairs
Late at night in the middle of a dream
I can see her there

Now all that I see is darkness in the day
And all that I see is how it slips away
Now that I lost everything I had
Don't say I might not remember
At least she will never know
How it feels to be left in this world alone
All alone

Time can't hold me down
Time just sees me running away from love
Time can't hold me up
Time can't stop what I'm thinking of

Now all that I see is darkness in the day
And all that I see is how it slips away
Now that I lost everything I had
Don't say I might not remember
At least she will never know
How it feels to be left in this world alone
All alone

Now I can't forget she's gone
There's no point in going on