UP & AWAY LYRICS

light don’t shine
by Gregory Douglass

in my life i find i lose my way now if my light don’t shine
in my life i find i lose my way now if my light don’t shine
i loose my keen-eyed sense of reason if my light don’t shine
i loose my keen-eyed sense of reason if my light don’t shine
i find i lose my mind, all dreamers in flight can never land
i find i lose my mind, all dreamers in flight
sometimes i cry my eyes out laughing at the world on fire
sometimes i cry my eyes out laughing at the world on fire
sometimes i circle around the shadow land in a straight line
sometimes i circle around the shadow land in a straight line
i find i lose my mind, all dreamers in flight can never land
i find i lose my mind, all dreamers in flight
it’s love or benevolence under the table or over the moon
it’s fate or coincidence willing and able or still destitute
it’s blood or benevolence always forever or barely alive
it’s one experience under the sunlight

sentimental fury
by Gregory Douglass

anything you want i’m gonna wrap around you
wrap right around you with my big blind love
anything you want i’m gonna wrap around you
wrap right around come push and shove
anything you want i’m gonna wrap around you
wrap right around until i rise above
anything you want i’m gonna love the life
i’ll love the life out of you with all my might
anything you want i’m gonna love the life
i’ll love the life out of you until you’re just right
anything you want i’m gonna love the life
i’ll love the life out of you with here in broad daylight
i am the root of all your worries
i am the pain in all your glory
i am your sentimental fury
anything you want i’m gonna take my chances
take my chances on you come what may
anything you want i’m gonna take my chances
take my chances on you no matter what you say
anything you want i’m gonna take my chances
take my chances on you all to your dismay
i am the root of all your worries
i am the pain in all your glory
i am your sentimental fury
i am the monster of your story
i am the sick inside your remedy
if i told you my name if it drove you insane
it was only a game it was only a game
i swear that it was just a game
you gotta believe that i never would leave
no i never would leave no it only would
grieve me every moment of the day
i’m staying right here you’ve got nothing to fear
you’ve got nothing to fear how i love you my dear
don’t you be afraid to fall over me

living
by Gregory Douglass

welcome come on inside and make yourself home
tell me all your troubles and i’ll tell you my own
heavens tell me who’s put you under this spell
crazy in love aren’t you you’d even go by yourself
living everybody’s lost everybody’s in love
living everybody’s lost everybody’s in love
so open up your heart
everybody’s lost everybody’s in love living
welcome maybe you’d care to share what went wrong
nothing short of where you’re from and where you belong
i’d say read in-between the lines where you fell
because you cannot love another if you don’t love yourself

hang around
by Gregory Douglass

free falling oh now where do i begin
free falling ‘till the birds forget to sing
but i found you in a crowd of anguish
standing on a solid ground
so true like you’re holding onto something
like you’ve been in love with me for centuries
singing hang around for me
you’ve got to hang around for me
if i’m gonna hang around for you
much better now lets take a look around
much better now as if i’m fine somehow
since i found you like a riddle answered
over the divine brigade
what was all the pain for
well, hell if i know
and how much do i have in store
hell if i know now i just don’t know

annabelle
by Gregory Douglass

she will forsake but i know the truth
and there’s nothing that i won’t do
lost in the guilt of another
child time is on your side
won’t you retire for a moment’s desire
meet me under a frightened moon
stay with me under a frightened moon
annabelle what’s the use in taking
the difficult road ahead
all right well i think you’re gonna be all right
for after tonight
love will leave her a believer on sight
with all of her might
and hope will unveil in a lavish of light
meet me under a frightened moon
stay with me under a frightened moon

into the sunset
by Gregory Douglass

guess you’re never gonna to figure it out on your own
nowhere without a shadow of doubt
far from home far from home
and you’re never gonna to get enough
no you’re never gonna to get enough
you ain’t never gonna get enough
better ride off into the sunset
so you’re dying in pursuit of a boy deep inside
with good tidings of comfort and joy
late at night late at night
what is this fire that burns in my soul my desire
along with my love unrequited
a promise untouched by forces unknown to lovers
god damn it all now look what you’ve done
lost your heart lost your heart

who knows
by Gregory Douglass

if you think life is a road going nowhere than turn around turn around turn around
i think that people are worthy of their dreams but who knows
if you think life is a road headed nowhere than turn around turn around turn around
i think that truth is our only companion but who knows
do you find you are lost and you can’t make your way
through the alleys and corridors
and you always come back to the menacing fact
you are backwards and forwards and baffled and dazed and all wrong
if you think god is a great man in the sky don’t hold your breath honey don’t hold your breath
i think the answers are always around us but who knows
if you think love is a chance you have wasted don’t fold just yet honey don’t fold just yet
i think the last laugh will be had on you instead

see you cry
by Gregory Douglass

hard ideals soft emotions
carry the weight of a love that once was
tell your story and let it begin with me
quaint small town new beginning
big possibilities up ahead
‘till one morning every thing's gone instead
you stole me away
you took everything
now nothings the same
i’m sick of seeing you cry i’m sick of seeing you cry
over love that’s already gone by
i’m sick of seeing you cry i’m sick of seeing you cry
over me after all this time
it makes me feel so ashamed and undignified
i just hate it when i see you cry i just hate it when i see you cry
 if only i’d have know what
misery was in store for you my love
please forgive me for the damage that I have done
you stole me away
you took everything
now nothings the same
day by day tell your story
and let it begin with me

there she goes
by Gregory Douglass

even after you’re gone
even after you’re dead and gone
does your name linger on
does your critical eye outcry
all allegations
when you’ve done nothing’ wrong
do you remember me?
did you enjoy the company?
and is it called vanity
when you come to decide
one past comprised
was a song written solely for you?
there she goes . . .
white sequined rambling rose
will she still feel the flame do you suppose
later on we’re still the same
proud enough not to take the blame
and it won’t change a thing
so we squander our chances
glance outside gilded pride
while two angels collide

don’t get caught
by Gregory Douglass

silence begging to bring the noise on
every morning when she wakes up
side by side woman in love with her pride
holding a memory for dear life
maybe after long enough he’ll come running back to me
maybe after long enough i’ll grab onto something new
follow your heart but don’t get caught
and if you reel it in too close to the skin don’t go on about it
give it your all with all you’ve got
and it you let it slip away it’s okay don’t you fret about it
just deal with it and move on
holidays no different than any other day
seeing how no one says a damn thing
even so they’re still the surest thing you’ve know
they may not perfect but they’re still home
maybe after long enough he’ll come running back to me
maybe after long enough i’ll grab onto something new
if a light helps you sleep at night well then good for you
anything to keep you safe & sound anything to keep you safe & sound
here me out you’re not thinking straight
and if you twist & shout you’ll never pry open

up & away
by Gregory Douglass

up & away why do we always stay too long
way up in my beautiful balloon
well I may be just a boy
but I have dreams inside of me
waiting for the perfect time to take flight
hurry up now come on out lets roll
hold on tight now okay here we go
up & away i could be here all morning
i could be here every afternoon
well i don’t care what they say
because i make dreams my own way
formulating rules from day to day
here I am Amsterdam, Birmingham, never land
floating along side and singing while I write
of fables & fairy tales legends & farce
traveler’s tales & tragedies
come pouring out of me
every new song seems an answer
to prayers disregarded & undermined
oh what a life
guess I don’t need to feel justified anymore
now I’m getting much further from
up & away from the ground
I’m getting much further away from
up & away from the ground
what if i can’t get down . . .
what have i done