1. |
Hit & Run
04:10
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Protest Song
Everybody sang along
Now they pan and scan
And edit out the everyman
Nothing matters, consensus scatters, it's all irrelevent now
A soul redemption, the Last Temptation
Goodbye, farewell, ciao
Oh yeah
Hit and Run
Everybody knows who won
If you're the chosen son
Then you won't even need a gun
The music died
The singer lied
The market lives
The chairmen hide
I have heard the sotto voce threats are coming true
Whilst disenfranchised franchise holders
Take it all from you
Oh yeah
Hit and Run
Everybody knows who won
If you're the chosen son
Then you don't even need a gun
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2. |
Wilted Rose
04:40
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I almost cried on the day my country died
I almost tried to care
They built a wall to protect them from us all
We should have left them there
Revolution is the first to go
The rest is forced to stay
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no
Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow
Can it be time to leave?
I spent my youth thinking people spoke the truth
Now, it's hard to think
Was I naive to say I do believe
That none of us should sink?
They sold us out and they sold us short
And we're the one's who'll have to pay
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no
Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow
Can it be time to leave?
Don't go, you know it's all
The same to me these days
I swear it's hard to care
Revolution is the first to go
The rest is forced to stay
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no
Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow
Can it be time to leave?
Shall I cast this out, this wilted rose?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, no
Like Pierre Trudeau's walk out in the snow
Can it be time to leave?
Don't go, you know it's all
The same to me these days
I swear it's hard to care
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3. |
These Wasted Words
04:10
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These broken dreams are enough
To make better people give up, but not us
We soldier on like nothing's wrong
Did we think that we'd last this long? Oh no
We touched souls whilst walking across the coals
If we give up nothing will be good enough
If we never make love again
Will you still want to call out my name?
There is nothing left to explain
When we admit that there's no one to blame
You drove my car down the street
Thinking you would never repeat all those lines
I sat and stared into space
But all I could see was your face above mine
It's easy to hurt the one you love the most
Stay with me, we're never giving up the ghost
If we never make love again
Will you still want to call out my name?
There is nothing left to explain
When we admit that there's no one but
These wasted words, never to be heard
Are we afraid that there's more to life than love?
If we never make love again
Will you still want to call out my name?
There is nothing left to explain
When we admit that there's no one to blame
No one to blame
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4. |
So. Cal
03:16
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It's even worse than I had feared
Please go awaym there's no one here
It's just a lonely day in sunny Southern California
Every day just looks the same
Another moves back east in shame
Another lonely day in sunny Southern California
Too old to lie about my age
Too young to die upon the stage
Another lonely day in sunny Southern California
Put your hand in mine
I'll introduce you to my pets, oh yeah
This one's called They're Lying to Us All
This one's called Regret, it is the patron saint
Of Southern California
What Could Have Been and What Never Was
Conspire against us all because
They love a lonely day in sunny Southern California
Another lonely day in sunny Southern California
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5. |
That's All, That's All
03:42
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She was lying on the grass, lying on the grass
Watching all the cars go past
The misery chords weep from the radio, ignored
That's all, that's all
That's all, that's all
Before the fall, before we blew it all
Walking down the street, walking down the street
Kicking up the leaves, falling at her feet
Summer seems like a lover leaving, oh, don't go
That's all, that's all
That's all, that's all
Before the fall, before we blew it all
She only wants to be happy
She wants you to want to be happy too
She's much too good for you
That's all, that's all
That's all, that's all
Before the fall, before we blew it all
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6. |
Everything's The Same
05:56
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Easy to stumble; harder to fall,
Easty to bow to the flag on the wall,
I pledge my allegiance to nothing at all
And on the news they said the world has changed
But you and I are staying home again
And even though we're scared
Everything's the same
Everything's the same
You wanted marriage; you wanted fame
You wanted an hyphen after your name
They put it in neon but nobody came
And on the news they said the world has changed
But you and I are staying home again
And even though we're scared
Everything's the same
I know you were in the air
While I was below Fourteenth street with moondust in my hair
Do you know how it's going to end?
Underneath the table with your friend
And on the news they said the world has changed
But you and I are staying home again
And even though we're scared
Everything's the same
Everything's the same
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7. |
Glitterbug
02:38
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Glitterbug with your mind everywhere
I'm anywhere you want me to be
Take your time but take care
For in the end we're all history
Don't be shy let everyone or me at least inside
You'll be fine; you'll be fine in the morning sunshine
Fine you will find if you're mine you might be free
We shall see
Glitterbug with your eyes through the grey
There's something that I need you to say
Could be Hi, go away
Or anything that makes it okay
From the ground you are the only star that shines tonight
If you go you must know that you'll shine forever
Come if you're mine you will shine eternally
Wait and see
From the bar to the stars
Through the haze of a thousand wasted days
You must be tired you've burned so bright
So goodnight, goodnight Glitterbug
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8. |
Thank You For Sharing
04:42
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You've got a lot of problems
I tried my best to solve them
But mostly I've just made things worse
We've built a wall around us
Turn on the hose and drown us
It's only swimming in reverse
But you and I are fools
For thinking we could change
Someone broke the rules
And someone's making strange
Thank you for sharing your nightmares with me
Thank you for choosing to leave peacefully
Thank you for losing your last shred of dignity
Thank you for coming out
You came from Merriweather
Your parents stayed together
Both of them hating every day
So what should be repeated
When it can be defeated
We're smart enough to walk away
But you and I are fools
For thinking we could change
Someone broke the rules
And someone's making strange
Thank you for sharing your nightmares with me
Thank you for choosing to leave peacefully
Thank you for losing your last shred of dignity
Thank you for coming out
Happy he who hopes for better
You and I are fools
For thinking we could change
Someone broke the rules
And someone's making strange
Thank you for sharing your nightmares with me
Thank you for daring to leave peacefully
Thank you for scaring the hell out of me
Thank you for coming out
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9. |
Baby Loves The Radio
02:54
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I want to take a drive
I want to feel alive
I know I can't survive without the radio
I'm taking no left turns
I'm number one with zero burn
I've learned to love to learn to love the radio
I love to hear that song
Even though it's number one on the radio
R-A-D-I-O
Baby loves the radio
I want to leave this town
Just put the pedal down
And head where the ground meets the radio
The whole wide world I'll see
From the golden gate to NYC
It's all the same to me on the radio
I love to hear that song
Even though it's number one on the radio
R-A-D-I-O
Baby loves the radio
The radio is playing
When cheating and when praying
Forgiveness for all I've done wrong
I can't escape the radio song
R-A-D-I-O
Baby loves the radio
Theis song's in heavy rotation
On every radio station
Across this whole wide nation
I'm beginning to lose my patience
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10. |
By The Roadside
03:56
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She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever known
She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever known
She died by the roadside, I cried
She was a princess, defenseless
Another senseless crime
She was the most beautiful woman he'd never known
She was the most beautiful woman he'd never known
She died by the roadside
He tried to deny that he was guilty
Till he called anonymously
When they found him asleep in his car
At the side of a road with her dreams in a jar
He knew from the cuffs on the wrists
That he'd never existed till now
After searching her place
They dismissed his case
They'd found her note
That's all she wrote
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11. |
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This teenage kid, I almost ran and hid
When he says to me I recognize you from TV
(You're all that I don't want to be)
Be aware that I really use to care
I'm no grocer of despair, in fact I'm lighter than the air
And you're so young, so wrong, so so long
Epitaph, a hostage to his craft
His talent down the drain
Spent his whole life on the train
(Just to get out of the rain)
Rain came down and washed away my youth
You thought that it would last
You thought it was the truth
But you're so young, so wrong, so so long
I read your book and I stole your look
And now it's sad how much like dad
You are a star who's burning out
No doubt, you burned out long ago
You know, you once stole the show
But now you steal my youth
Just to keep yourself alive, you are me at thirty five
I thought it best not to hold him to my breast
And say, sunshine, I'm not the only one who's dying
(Everything's going to be fine)
Fine, instead I let it all go to my head
I leaned across and said I too thought my soul was dead
But I was young, I was wrong, I grew up, I wrote this song
You're so young, you're so wrong, so, so long
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12. |
Here Today And Yesterday
02:57
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Tomorrow never comes
It's always here today and yesterday
But if tomorrow stays everybody pays
For there'll be no more days
She was in the front room of her
Mother's house in somewhere, nowhere
The world will always turn
And dinner always burns
But tomorrow never learns
That nothing ever changes
I was in the backwoods
Looking forward to the bright lights
When I thought I saw a face
Deep in outer space
But it was just a case
Of mistaken revelation
Tomorrow never comes
It's always here today and yesterday
But if tomorrow stays everybody pays
For there'll be no more days
There'll be no tomorrow
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Steven Page Manlius, New York
Steven Page is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for songs like "Brian Wilson," "The Old Apartment," "It's All Been Done," "Jane" and many others he recorded with Barenaked Ladies, the band he co-founded in 1988. A solo artist since 2009, he's gone on to release four solo albums as well as two with the Art of Time Ensemble, toured both as a singer and as a speaker focusing on mental health. ... more
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