Lyrics

Townie Girl

i have a crush on a townie girl
lives in her own world
she's such a tough little downtown girl
across the boulevard

she's working hard every day and night
she's very driven
i long to speak but i fear disturbing
her secret mission

but i'm making flowers for her eyes
maybe she'll notice them and smile
maybe they're just not her style

she likes to sing private melodies
like no one hears her
and when she sings twists her face so sweetly
oh, to be near her

but i love to see her walking by
sometimes she glances up and sighs
i wonder if she ever cries

i have a crush on a townie girl
building her own world
she's such a tough little downtown girl
across the boulevard

and i'm making flowers for her eyes
maybe she'll notice them and smile
maybe they're just not her style
oh well

Silver And Blue

daylight
strikes your blinking eye
pierce your thin disguise
short time
crowds your shrinking mind
little death you die
sometimes

but somewhere
over there
silver and blue
azure sky delightful
shimmering hue of your
silver and blue

it's dumb
pacing trodden ground
making same old sound
some days
tick and tock away
struggle just to stay
awake

but somewhere
over there
silver and blue
azure sky delightful
shimmering hue of your
silver and blue

i know
no one ever grows
chasing trails gone cold
high life
simple compromise
with your sleepy eyes
you'll see

but somewhere
over there
silver and blue
azure sky delightful
shimmering hue of your
silver and blue

Listen What You Say

listen what you say
ans look at what you do
holding back the sweat
but tears are coming through
listen what you said
now is it really true?
'cause everything you say
not always what you do

the eagle in the sky
your ego in disguise
circling the thing you most desire

listen what you say
you tell yourself a lie
always think you're wrong
even when you're right
you tell yourself a thing
that isn't what it seems
stumble on regret
choking on your dreams

the eagle in the sky
your ego in disguise
circling the thing you most desire

haven't you noticed
you're golden?
haven't you noticed
you're golden?
golden

careful that you pray
for something you can use
'cause even if you win
we all get to lose
there might be someone there
even if just you
so listen what you say
and look at what you do

the eagle in the sky
your ego in disguise
circling the thing you most desire

haven't you noticed
you're golden?
haven't you noticed
you're golden?
haven't you noticed
the eagle in the sky?
haven't you noticed
your ego in disguise?
haven't you noticed?

listen what you say

Love Seeks The Light

a candle in the night
cuts through the dark
just a little light
but what a spark!
we're not the only two
lost in this crowd
can lost be found?
impossible
but i cannot deny
she makes me sing
she makes me smile
with everything

and pine away the hours making
lonely school boy rhymes
wasting precious time
worrying and hoping she is
half as charmed as i
look into her eyes
love may seek the light

love seeks the light

extraordinarily
i'm doing fine
the happiest i've been
in a long, long, long time
i'm falling into place
i've learned to laugh
at myself again
it's wonderful
i caught her with my eye
a bird in flight
a butterfly
so colorful

i pine away the hours making
lonely school boy rhymes
wasting precious time
worrying and hoping she is
half as charmed as i
look into her eyes
love may seek the light
love seeks the light

love is the light

You Should Know

what is love for?
i haven't a clue
why do we always fall into
traps tender laid
by puckish design
and everything else kind of goes?

i don't understand
but when you are near
i lose all my wits
no thought is clear
i'm lost in your eyes
of sugar and spice
and i just thought you ought to know
you should know

you here with me
our secret vignette
roses in bloom
and babies breath
i'm caught in a spell
you can't help but weave
and i just thought you ought to know
you should know

we wear imaginary chains
that drag us down to early graves
clip our own wings
pretending
we could never fly
don't you want to fly?

devil may care
while i'm here with you
'cause there's nothing else
i'd rather do
than whistle a tune
bells ringing in June
and i just thought you ought to know
for sure
i whistle my tune
only for you
and i just thought you ought to know
you should know

P.E.D.

perpetual emotion device
loosen your vise
squeezing out your meager sacrifice
for some secret prize

exceptionally conscious of guilt
for robbing the till
throwing out the baby with the thrill
my teeth and my will

black and white only frame a world of gray
you plot your course and forget that your still free
while x and y take the long way around to z

habitual depression response
triggered at once
by expectations running wild and high
old man in the child

give your heart to some messianic mess
and lose yourself just to save the world, i guess
the world is lost but there's someone you forgot to bless

eventually lessons are learned
old letters returned
maybe burning bridges get un-burned
old lovers un-spurned

bad advice is the easiest to take
a long ride in the back of some mistake
well don't look now man, the future's all yours to waste
waste or taste

as mysteries go
there can be no denying
the deepest are the seeds of your soul

No Big Deal

solitude
bittersweet
sleepy afternoon
kind of bored
with the world
i should change it
rearrange it
found your note
in the couch
hiding with my keys
make a sound
seven tones
seven numbers
i am calling

so come over
we'll have lots of fun
or do nothing
no big deal to me
just come over
we'll make lots of noise
or be quiet
no big deal

looking out
looking in
looking out again
breathe a sigh
hum a tune
nothing better
rainy weather
sit and swing
on the porch
always room for two
i'm a sponge
full of dreams
full to bursting
hope you're thirsty

so come over
we'll drink Sunday beer
or some coffee
no big deal to me
just come over
we can laugh and play
if you want to
no big deal
just come over
we'll have lots of fun
or do nothing
no big deal to me

just come over
we'll drink Sunday beer
if you want to
no big deal

Sin Again

sit and stare
the face i wear
day and night
empty sight
and everything
feels the same
pain is sweet
joy is shame

find that needle buried in the hay
slay that dragon it'll be okay
bang that door until she lets you in
sin no more until you sin again
again

two is one
one is two
i was gone
so were you
so have a drink
to your health
i talk too much
to myself

find that needle buried in the hay
slay that dragon it'll be okay
bang that door until she lets you in
sin no more until you sin again
again

How She Flies

i hesitate
never too late
but it's getting later
she's not far ahead
beckoning me
she is always leaving

how she flies!
how she flies!

and i'm paralyzed
her grace is amazing
and so relentless
up with the dawn
blazing a trail
to the next horizon

how she flies!
how she flies!

and i
just sit and watch as she is passing by
my barely breathing self-defeating lie
awake and wonder what, where, how and why
i ever watch her gently slipping by

beginning to end
the middle is where we are made and broken
she's not far ahead
leading the way
holding no doors open

how she flies!
how she flies!

and i
just sit and watch as she is passing by
my barely breathing self-defeating lie
awake and wonder what, where, how and why
i ever watch her gently slipping by

Like He Should

once upon a time
there was she
sitting still
by the door
she was coy
and she was cool

she made a friend
and didn't care
what it meant
'cause he was warm
and he was kind
and it was good

though he don't love the girl
like he should
no he don't love the girl
like he should

she saw a man
not a boy
and not a sham
and she would cry
in the night
misunderstood

that he don't love the girl
like he should

she needs a love
like she gave
and like she made
to the man
as he was
and where he stood

she gave the love
that she had
and all she could
but in the end
good enough
still ain't good

'cause he don't love the girl
like he should
no he don't love the girl
like he should
like he should

All lyrics copyright Sean Arington 2005