Like A Waterfall
© All lyrics are copyright James Marsters, 2007-2008. Please credit and provide a link back to jamesmarsterslive.com
Not A Millionaire
get the sweet spot//in the line
when the first gun pops up//I leave them behind
and at the first turn//I always carve my line
'times I turn my head yeah//and wave goodbye
but I don't have my own car//and I have to race my friends
'cause I'm not a rich man's son no//I'm not a millionaire
no//no no no
no no//no
you are the only daughter of//a privileged second son
you say that I'm your lover but//I'm not the only one
no no//no no no
but I think if I had my own car//then I know that I could turn your head
take you up//to see the mountains and//sing you songs before you go to bed
yeah//yeah yeah yeah//yeah yeah//yeah
yeah//yeah//yeah//yeah yeah
'bout midnight//it's just Joe and me
while we clean the stands up//he sings me melodies
and on the bus home//route '95
see the love and the hatred and the boredom on the faces of passersby
and I know that I don't have my own ride but//I can teach you how to go real fast now
stick with me if you would like some wildness
stick with me and see the whole wide world
yeah//yeah yeah yeah//yeah yeah//yeah
Looking At You
every day I take you//dancing in the garden
you could be my woman//that would be fine
if you'd be my baby//I would drive you crazy
every night and day//all of the time
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
and when you take me//into your garden
let me kiss your blossom//and make it mine
I just wanna drink your//sweet crystal clear water
and then help you turn it//into wine
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
and when you are sleeping//I can watch you breathin'
murmur in the dark//and call my name
and when I join you//underneath the blanket
I know I will never//be the same
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
look at me//looking at you//looking at me//looking in your eyes
(repeat x2)
Don't Worry Son
drivin' all night on the highway//swervin' all over the freeway
chasin' black dogs after midnight//I'm just holdin' on for twilight
don't you worry son I'm comin' for you
don't you know//I'm bound to come through
yes I am now
yes indeedy
take it easy
gosh almighty lord
take it all now
got a little farm down in Dillon//we got birds cows horses and chickens
we play Jedi knights and pirates//we just don't know what the time is
don't you worry son I'm comin' for you
don't you know//I'm bound to come through
yes I am now
yes indeedy
take it easy
gosh almighty lord
take it all now
I'm comin' even if I'm sleepy//I'm a young man and coffee's cheap yeah
or if there's rain cloud or snow//I just be careful watch for highway patrol
don't you worry son I'm comin' for you
don't you know//I'm bound to come through
yes I am now
yes indeedy
take it easy
gosh almighty lord
take it all now
oh yeah//yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Birth Of The Blues
it started a long time
it started a long time
it started a long time ago
it started with a whip
and a man went down
a boot on his head as he laid on the ground
but he didn't die
he got up
and start walking down that road
and the man was a black man
the man was a proud black man
try-y-ing to go home
and the man is hurt
his bloods on the ground
he needs some help
but he's got no-one around
so he digs down to his soul
and sings a song that goes a little somethin' like this
[...]
and the devil was there
the devil was there
you better believe the devil was there that day
but the devil wasn't walking with the black man
no the devil wasn't walking with the proud black man
no the devil was wiping the blood off his boots that day
and I can guarantee you brothers and sisters
within a hundred and ten percent accuracy baby
that jesus was walking with the black man that day
that's the birth of the blue-es
White Hot Girls
well a white hot girl will shred you//if you don't know what you're doin'
she'll have you rearrange your mirrors//while she's kissing your best friend
but those lips those eyes that skin//anyway//you're fallin' down
and I say//don't do it//watch out boy//just run
well a white hot girl gets flirty//if you take her off her counter
you can wind her up with baubles//she love to see herself dance
but those lips those eyes that skin//anyway//you're fallin' down, yeah
and I say//don't do it//watch out boy//just run
let me tell you what you need boys//you need a girl to shake your branches
she'll have the curves you like to drive on//and save it all just for you
and if you want to find this lover//she's not the girl in the micro mini
she wouldn't need all that attention//she's standing right next to you
and her lips her eyes that skin//anyway//you'll fall down
and I'll say//go do it//don't wait boy//have fun
and her lips her eyes that skin//anyway//you're fallin' down
and I say//go do it//don't wait boy//have fun//whoa
London City
meet me in London city
beneath the slate grey sky
I've done it all without you
but that's no life
that's not the life
bring your grace to London city
I've been pinin' all my life
and if you don't make it through Heathrow
I just might die
yes I could die
and I know I wasn't pleasant
and I guess I never am
but if you come to me in London
I'll try again
I'll try again
come to London city
'cause this tour's just not the same
all the hotel rooms and faces
it just seems strange
yes it's strange
and I know I wasn't pleasant
and I guess I've never been
but if you come to me in London
I'll try again
I'll try again
meet me in London city
I'll make it worth your time
you're the only angel for me
and that's no lie
no that's no lie
no that's no lie
Up On Me
I know you//are tryin' to help me
when you say the things you say
but my head//can't wrap around it
that there could be another way
open your eyes//now you can see
I'm on my knees//I'm hopeless
you can give//up on me
it ain't no thing//anyway
I've played my hand//cast my lot in
now there ain't no looking back
but what that's done//and where it leaves us
oh my god it's looking black
open your eyes//now you can see
I'm on my knees//I'm hopeless
you can give//up on me
It ain't no thing//anyway
come to me//and lay your head down
close your eyes and fall with me
I won't think//about tomorrow
because tonight I'm feelin' free
layin' with me//girl can you see
I'm on my knees//I'm hopeless
you can give//up on me
it ain't no thing//anyway
open your eyes//now you can see
I'm on my knees//I'm hopeless
you can give//up on me
it ain't no thing//anyway
Like A Waterfall
her hair//fell like a waterfall
she was young lean and long
I thought//she was betrayin' me
now I find I was wrong
freight train//take me outta here
I don't care where you're bound
'cause I just//beat me a man tonight
who never done me wrong
I just got to be goin'
I just want to be outside
set me out in the middle of the desert tonight
so I can howl//to myself
love sings//like a whip-poor-will
but she don't sing for me
so I'm goin'//down to Mexico
they'll never find me
she'd be up the hill doin' laundry
I'd be mendin' the fence out back
she'd be talkin' 'bout little babies again
and I'd be smilin'//to myself
I hope//the road will take me back
company would be nice
I better bring//a bottle of wine tonight
might help break the ice
Louise
who'll tell you just where to get off
and when to do it//and just how to get there
that's Lou
who'll take you from Leeds to Bristol
through the cops and robbers and the one-way headaches
that's Lou
Louise
Louise
Coventry really brought our pants down
they cocked their guns and got all our crowns yeah
wake up Lou//you'd know what to do
by London we were tired as hell
had to shake some bunnies that got on our tail yeah
punch it Lou
punch it Lou
punch it Chewie!
punch it Chewie
but a cop didn't like the way Lou
went down a one-way street//backward
slow down Lou//we don't wanna die
Lou said//sit down baby
I'll get you to your date//you won't be late
and she did
hey Lou
what happened to that cop back there man//whoa
he was there man and now he ain't
what you got some cop disappearing ink up there or something Lou
you're beautiful, you're amazing, you're no wookie
sometimes I'm a dick man
you're Louise
When I Was A Baby
when I was a baby//mama called my name
said baby baby//baby James
you'll sing the blues
you'll sing the blues//I hex you//whoa whoa whoa yeah
but if you play your cards right my sweet child
the blues//will bless you yeah
when I was a boy//got my first guitar
wanted to know them three chords//what they were
they were the blues
they were the blues//that saved me//yeah yeah yeah whoa yeah
and if you wanna know the truthfuls
the blues//pretty much raised me
when I was a baby//mama called my name
said baby baby//baby James
you'll sing the blues
you'll sing the blues//I hex you//whoa whoa whoa yeah yeah
but if you play your cards right my sweet child
the blues//will bless you yeah
Layabout
oh you//are so sleepy
you must lay//about all day oh and
I//have to go out//in the rain
and play with my new friend
now I'm//in my trailer
and the sun//has broken through
all the birds//are singing
they wish//you would come out too
and I//hope Naoko
knows her lines//well enough today
so that I//can come home//to you
and lay about all day
and I//hope my fake gun
doesn't fall//apart today
so that I//can come home//to you
and lay about all day
Too Fast
I know you are going too fast
for me to ever sneak up on you
you don't want one pair of arms
to hold you night after night after me
you look at me with smoky eyes, sayin'
come over here fella and see how warm the water is
but you've got eyes from all the guys now
what's just one more
what am I like a potato chip to you
it sounds nice if it were true
last night I dreamt of you
but what does that mean anyway
it sounds nice if it were true
last night I dreamt of you
but what does that mean anyway
I know you are going too fast
for me to ever sneak up on you
and one night stands burn me so good but
I'm afraid I'd fall this time
and that wouldn't be so sexy to you
