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My Heart and My Head
03:15
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Nothing could have prepared me for this moment
But I’m glad nothing did
We’ve had incredible adventures so far
With a lot more to come
A friend sang, “it all means nothing when you’re not here.”
And it’s true, I wouldn’t be who I am today
If it wasn’t for you
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
Laughter, love and commitment
What else could we need
A lifetime of smiling for us
before we go to sleep
They say that no one is perfect
But to me, you are
And I know from now, ‘til my dying day
I want to be yours
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
*Instrumental Break*
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
From the first time I said it
Until the last chance I get
I will love you
With my heart and my head
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2. |
I'd Do Anything
03:32
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You gave me a call down in Mexico
To tell me that we would soon be a trio
I just need a moment of silence
Sat down beside a fire hydrant
I’d do anything. Anything. Anything.
I wish we could make believe
Standing, spinning, singing you to sleep
There was no one else around
As your cool became a meltdown
I’d do anything. Anything. Anything.
If I could hold you close
Every single day
I’d never let you go
I want you with me right here
I’m always trying to be the best
For those that I keep closest to my chest
My peers don’t understand me
They try to reprimand me
They just don’t get that I’d do anything. Anything.
If I could hold you close
Every single day
I’d never let you go
I want you with me right here
To me you’re everything
You’re my sun and moon
I’d do anything
Yeah, I would do it for you
I would do it for you
I would do anything, oh anything
I won’t be afraid
‘Cause you’re my everything in this world
If I could hold you close
Every single day
I’d never let you go…
To me you’re everything
You’re my sun and moon
I’d do anything
Yeah, I would do it for you
I would do it for you
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3. |
I Can't Sleep
03:25
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I’ll lay on my left side
You’ll be on your right
My shoulder feels uncomfortable
But I’ll be here all night
Eyelids they feel heavy
But I cannot rest my mind
This bed it feels so empty
With a cold spot next to mine
I can’t sleep without you
I can hardly breathe
I can only hope
That it means you were meant to be with me
I’ll lay on my right side
You’ll be on your left
There’s something here between us
That I just can’t express
I can’t sleep without you
I can hardly breathe
I can only hope
That it means you were meant to be with me
That it means you were meant to be with me
I just want you in my reach
I need to know you make me feel
The way I’ve never felt
I can feel my heart melt
I just want you here with me
I can’t sleep without you
I can hardly breathe
I can only hope
That it means you were meant to be with me
That it means you were meant to be with me
That it means we were meant to be with…
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4. |
Let Me In
03:34
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I’m just a person like you
I try to be honest
When I can I buy food
I know you’ve got the right to refuse
I wouldn’t normally ask
But at least I’ve got shoes
Would you let me in?
I don’t have much to offer
But I’ll be your friend
If you let me in
You’ll see that I am much more
Than old clothes and skin
But you won’t, that’s fine, I’m gone.
I don’t want to put up a fight
I hate to be imposing
But I think I’ve earned the right
Feels like I’m traveling light
But I’m running like a victim
Though I’ve got nothing to hide
Would you let me in?
I don’t have much to offer
But I’ll be your friend
If you let me in
You’ll see that I am much more
Than old clothes and skin
Will you let me in?
I promise that I’ll be the best me I can be
But I can’t, you won’t, I’m gone.
*Instrumental break*
I know I don’t deserve a warm bed
But I’ll take a cold floor
It’s better than freezing
It always sounds worse in my head
I know that we’ve been here before
But less words were said
Would you let us in?
We don’t have much to offer
But we’ll be your friends
If you let us in
You’ll see that we are much more
Than old clothes and skin
Now it’s sinking in
If we don’t have a place to go
Then we’ll just have to go back home
Oh wait, it’s gone.
We can’t, it’s gone.
That’s fine, we’re gone.
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5. |
Christmas Morning
03:21
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*Instrumental*
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6. |
Love Is
03:23
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Love is familiar
Holding open arms
Love is a stranger
Saving you from harm
Love is like the laughs we shared when we were kids
Picture perfect, promises we vowed to keep
Love is believing
That everything’s alright
Love is forgiving
Of every word said in a fight
Love is like the laughs we shared when we were kids
Picture perfect, promises we vowed to keep
Movie moments, make the most of every day
That’s what love is
That’s what love is
That’s what love is
*Instrumental break*
Love is like the laughs we shared when we were kids
Picture perfect, promises we vowed to keep
Movie moments, make the most of every day
That’s what love is
That’s what love is
That’s what love is
That’s what love is
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7. |
Salt Friendly
03:32
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Ahead are tough decisions
Made by hard divisions
And in our opinions
What do we even know?
I fear I’m merely floating
Free to fall apart in knowing
Part of a freefall showing
Reap what you sow
Yeah, reap what you sow
Salt friendly
Give me a grain of truth to trust
Sweet but faulty
Now you’re causing everything to rust
Your anger isn’t righteous
And if left unconscious
It will surely haunt us
I’m sorry to say
Alienated allies
Shouldn’t seem so surprised
As they felt maligned
And only in the way
And only in the way
Salt friendly
Give me a grain of truth to trust
Sweet but faulty
Now you’re causing everything to rust
I could be your rock
But you’d whittle me away
I could let you talk
But it’s you you’re convincing anyway
I fear I’m merely floating
Free to fall apart in knowing
Part of a freefall…
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8. |
Ragged Angel
05:02
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I was sitting at a bar all alone
In a tiny town on the edge of the Atlantic
The walls looked worn and the band hadn’t shown
You leaned in close and asked if the food was good
And yes, my belly was full
I had had too much and we struck up conversation
You weren’t from town but you looked like you belonged here
I came from the west and when I mentioned my town
Your memory took you much farther away than either of us
And about thirty years back
So there we were, me sitting and you standing
While you shared your tale
In the land of saints or simply good Samaritans
Man, it’s hard to tell
Your voice was soft and so I listened closely
I leaned in to hear of the time you traveled East
On a Greyhound bus with two babes in your arms
Away from the man that threatened you harm
You were better now, at least better than that
The bus was full of people, but only strangers
A man with darkened, weathered skin kept staring
His eyes were the colour of steel you shared
The same as the tap on the bar over there
I just listened to every word you said
I don’t know why you felt compelled to tell me
But I’m glad you did
The story of saints or simply good Samaritans
It’s hard to tell
Thirty hours in with another twenty
You handed your children off to the only friend you made
A ten-minute walk and a shorter rush back
You choked back a cry as you started to crack
When a man appeared with something to give
In his tanned, worn hands was a styrofoam cup
The dirty prints showed his life had been tough
As he handed it over with some food for the kids
I brought you things that both my son and I liked
He’s no longer with us but I thought we could be helpful
She took that cup, bewildered and grateful
She looked back up to the face of her angel
But he wasn’t there - he had disappeared
So there we were both on the verge of crying
While you shared your tale
In the land of saints or simply good Samaritans
Man, it’s hard to tell
So that night I shared tears with a stranger
With no hello and just a hug farewell
I hope that we might all find ragged angels
In the land of saints or simply good Samaritans
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9. |
The Little Things
03:45
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The sun is rising early in the morning
The light catching every speck of dust
Spreading warmth to every being on this planet
Some nice weather says the newsman we can’t trust
There’s beauty all around us
We can start to finally see
The details that we failed to recognize
It just takes time, to see the little things
Birds are singing in the branches of a dead tree
They remind me that spring is coming soon
There are children playing outside on the one-way-street
Counting cars and days until we get to June
There’s beauty all around us
Even sights I’ve seen before
The details that we failed to recognize
It just takes time, to see the little things
I see clouds, they’re moving up over the houses
No more shadows casting on the lawn
A bit of shade for the young boy throwing papers
He can’t stop now, no not until the last one’s gone
There’s beauty all around us
Even on the darkest days
The details that we failed to recognize
It just takes time, to see the little things
There’s beauty all around us
Through these newly opened eyes
There are moments that we normally wouldn’t see
If we just took time, and saw the little things
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10. |
Give Me A Chance
04:13
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This didn’t used to be an empty room
No more reminders though it feels more like
I’m running out of matches just to keep the spark alive
There’s one left in this matchbook but you are no match of mine
You hate the way I called our house a home
You disagreed for 20 years, there’s just no way
To leave the past behind us as we fall apart
You said that you forgave me with your mind but not your heart
Give me a chance to catch my breath
Take this boulder off my chest
Give me time to right my wrongs
But I always felt you stringing me along
Oh, oh
Don’t leave me alone
Oh, oh
You put the book of matches in my hand
Taken from the shaky ground on which we stand
The beams were catching fire as you left and locked the doors
As your right foot left the threshold I collapsed upon the floor
Give me a chance to catch my breath
Take this boulder off my chest
Give me time to right my wrongs
But I always felt you stringing me along
Oh, oh
Don’t leave me alone
Oh, oh
Give me a chance, I know I'm wrong
Won’t just write another song
Give me time, I'll try my best
Need to work out all these words inside my head
Oh, oh
The things I could've said
Oh, oh
My lips are sealed instead
Oh, oh
The things I could've said
Oh, oh
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Jean-Paul De Roover Thunder Bay, Ontario
A touring and recording artist from Thunder Bay, ON that continues to explore different musical territories.
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