This song deserves a significantly better recording, but I wanted to post today, and this is the best I can do at this late hour. Gary, this is for you. And the only reason I'm putting it up here is because you'll never hear it. (Channeling THE WIZARD OF OZ in the last bit ...,)
GRAVITY
Ashtray’s full and the coffee’s cold.
When I look in the mirror, I feel so damn old.
I’m so tired of the same old song.
I never wanted to live this long.
I've got no more time for suspicion and fear.
I gotta get myself away from here.
Second-best has always been enough.
What makes you think I need to fall in love?
I got enough lonely nights.
I got days without end. I need a good stiff drink
or a good old friend.
It’s way past time for me to
make a choice. Either shut up
or yell at the top of my voice.
Can’t tell my right from left
or my right from wrong.
But somehow I’ll manage.
I will get along.
I’m still waiting for my life to come true.
I can’t afford to fall in love with you.
The smoke in the air is my bridges burning.
The motion I feel is just the world turning
I’m running for my life, as fast as I can.
You say there’s no such thing as the wrong man.
In your dark brown voice, you whisper in my ear.
You tell me “just give in.” You tell me “heaven is here.”
You’re sarcastic and smart, you got a face with a view.
I don’t know why I’m even talking to you.
You’re too hungry and warm, you wear the bluest eyes.
You always seem to catch me by surprise.
You stand on the ledge, not a hair out of place.
Quit pulling my sleeve. Wipe that grin off your face.
The smoke in the air is my bridges burning
the motion I feel is just the world turning
I’m running for my life, as fast as I can,
You say there’s no such thing as the wrong man.
I got medals for courage. Got a watch for a heart.
A diploma for brains, but I am not very smart.
I got rockets and candles to light up the night.
I’m calling a truce. It’s time to give up the fight.
There’s none to confess. I got nothing to say.
I just couldn’t get you off my mind today.
Surprised to find I didn’t mind at all.
I’ll give up the ghost. I guess I’m falling ....
@timlaborie Feb 2022
Wow, I love this. I'm still smiling. You certainly have a way with words! They just seem to flow without stopping.
@berni1954 Feb 2022
Great lines full of such detail and some super rhymes.
I think you should have saved the heavy reverb/echo for that last line. IMHO it gets in the way of those smart lyrics in the rest of the song.
Thumbs Up though!
@rayboneor Feb 2022
Those opening lines really set the stage. I like the echoey vocal treatment, especially there at the end. You've got a way with accessible melodies that we can immediately grab a hold of. Lots of great lines: the smoke in the air, the Oz references, etc. Look at you go! You'll be to 14 in no time
@williamjames Feb 2022
Really great lyrics and catchy melody! I love the chorus too! This really deserves a better recording this is very good as is already!
@mjv Feb 2022
"second best has always been enough" so much vulnerability in some of these lines