Greg Neufeld - The Music - Lyrics

Leaving Song

She gathered the days and the nights
That we spent
She's holding them in her hands
It's too bad
I want to want her to stay
But I can't, no I can't

She left that one picture
We both know that I'll miss her
But it's too far gone

This is for you
It's a leaving song
And i know it's not much
But it's all I got
And I'm not even sure how the ending should go
But it's gotta end so
La la la la la

I tried to leave without using the door
But you deserve more, you deserve much more
These are the things that I should have said
But I could never so
I will sing them instead

These mistakes that I've made
I know what I've done
These regrets are coming home
Now that I've sung them

This is for you
It's a leaving song
And i know it's not much
But it's all I got
And I'm not even sure how the ending should go
But it's gotta end so
La la la la la



Map of the Stars

I bought a map of the stars
To find the place where you are
I drove way up in the hills
To get some distance from the city lights
Oh yeah

I left the last of the street lights behind me
Went the the place where the Lord couldn't find me
And if the world was still flat
I'm pretty sure I might have driven off
Oh yeah

How could you not stay
I was much too proud to beg
But now I know
Should not have let you go
We were so close to beautiful
We were so close to beautiful

And in the black of the night
I caught a flicker of light
I swear it must have been you
Trying to reach me across the universe
Oh yeah

How could you not stay
I was much too proud to beg
But now I know
Should not have let you go
We were so close to beautiful
We were so close to beautiful

And now I'm watching above
To get a glimpse of your love
And now I'm watching above
Above, above, trying to find you

I bought a map of the stars
To find the place where you are
Yeah

We were so close to beautiful
We were so close to beautiful

We were so close to beautiful
We were so close to beautiful

And now I'm watching above
And now I'm watching above
Trying to find your love
Trying to find your love



Ever You

I wanna make your body ring
I wanna make your body sing
Like a bell or like a circle
When you wrap yourself around me

Gonna dance you around the room
Like i've got something to prove
Spin you around
Take you down

We've got all this time
And you're such good news
Yeah

It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect
It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect
Love

Like a book I wanna know you
Wanna sit down and unfold you
Read you left to right
Won't stop until I find out
The best parts
Of where you are
Why don't you just me

It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect
It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect

Let me grab something
To write you down
Don't move stay still
In case you don't remember this
I will

It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect
It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were
We're perfect
Love
You and me were perfect, were perfect, love

It's only ever you
It's only ever you
You and me were perfect

I tried to look the other way
We tried to go our seperate ways
It ain't no use
From around the world
I'm coming back to you

I tried to look the other way
We tried to go our seperate ways
It ain't no use
From around the world
I'm coming back to you

Back to you
Back to you
You and me, we are



Sleep You off

Okay, Alright
One more and I'll call it a night
One more and it might just take
At least until I leave this place
What time is it
Get outside and you are everywhere
You're burning up the street lights
You're in the air
I can almost feel you
Touching my hand
Leaving you alone is taking all that I am

If I can sleep you off
If I can close my eyes
And wake up like I forgot
If I could dream you out
Of all the things I miss
Somehow I dream us different then this

Okay, it's light
I'll lay here for a little while longer
It didn't work
It didn't help
Maybe I should try to be somebody else

I hate this bed
I hate this room
Another 9:15 waking up without you
There's no where to go
And nothing to say
You wouldn't want to see me like this anyway

If I can sleep you off
If I can close my eyes
And wake up like I forgot
If I could dream you out
Of all the things I miss
Somehow I dream us different then this

Come on
Take me down
I'm tired of being tired

If I can sleep you off
If I can close my eyes
And wake up like I forgot
If I could dream you out
Of all the things I miss
Somehow I dream us different then this

If I can sleep you off
If I can close my eyes
And wake up like I forgot


Secret

I know you can't tell a lie
But i think that you ought to try
When I see things too clear
They all tend to disappear and hide

You came from a good heart
And I should have known
When you told me your
Dirty little

Secret
You never told me to keep it
My mouth has run off
And i'm sorry
At least I would like to be
But how could I break
A promise that I didn't even make

Are you just testing me now
Or are you just bringing out
The best in me somehow
Cause when I see things too clear
They all tend to disappear
And I don't know why

You came from a good heart
And I should have known
When you told me your
Dirty little

Secret
You never told me to keep it
My mouth has run off
And i'm sorry
At least I would like to be
But how can I break
A promise that I didn't even make

Yeah you make me feel
Just like i did back when I was a child
And I just can't hold it inside
I gotta tell the world tonight
How you made me your dirty little

Secret
You never told me to keep it
My mouth has run off
And i'm sorry
At least I would like to be
But how could I break
A promise that I didn't even make


Counterfeit

I talk enough
For the both of us
And I speak of what I do not know

I sing of love
Like I've touched her face
Like I've kissed her lips
But what do I know

So where is love
Stranger to me
Oh where is love
Such a mystery

I hear her name on the radio
At the picture show
And on TV

Some sing about
A counterfeit
But that's not the one
That I seek

So where is love
Stranger to me
Oh where is love
Please introduce me

Everywhere I look I see you there
Shinning with a blinding light
I'm reaching in the dark to find
A love that's blind
A love I cannot find

I talk enough
For the both of us

So where is love
Stranger to me
Oh where is love
Such a mystery

So where is love

Oh where is love
Yeah


Powerless

Come find your way into this place
I won't breath a word
I just need your faith
Sometimes I don't mean
The words that I say
We are only humans
And that's ok

There's no one else to blame
No one else to blame
We're just powerless to change

Once in a while
I feel like
Maybe I know
Why you cry at night
Broken and torn

I find a way to get up and go
If I could see your smile
From out on the road

There's no one else to blame
No one else to blame
We're just powerless to change

There's no one else to blame
No one else to blame
We're just powerless to change



A Place To Shine

Unlock the door from the inside
It's my last hello and my first goodbye
Untie your arms from your sides Yeah
Cause we both know something's not right

Was it something that you couldn't see
Was it something that you don't believe
We're out of patience and we're out of time, yeah
Now you know why I don't shine

Pull back the curtains from my soul
I don't shine
There's nothign left for you to know
I don't shine
And now we've got to find a place
I don't shine
Another place where
We both can shine, yeah, we both can shine

Tonight's the night to open our eyes
Pull back your hands
To see the skies yeah

Was it something that you couldn't see, oh no
Was it something that you don't believe
Then you told me that we're out of time, oh oh
Now I know why I don't shine

Pull back the curtains from my soul
I don't shine
There's nothign left for you to know
I don't shine
And now we've got to find a place
I don't shine
Another place where
We both can shine, yeah, we both can shine

When it began we were diamonds in the night shinning so bright
The clouds rolled on in
Now they keep us both from shinning

I don't shine
I don't shine
Yeah
I don't shine


7 Miles Away

Lay you down
Sing to you
Don't speak
This talking only makes us blue

I was always round here
You were looking for me
But i was at the drive-in
While you were at the movies
Now the clock is waiting
The second hand is taunting
And all this time you lay
Just 7 miles away

So please wake me
When you're leaving
Cause it's over
It's over
Before it's begun

Go now
Slip into your dreams
And for right now you're just a breath away from me

I was always round here
You were looking for me
But i was at the drive-in
While you were at the movies
Now the clock is waiting
The second hand is taunting
Tomorrow you will lay
A thousand miles away

So please wake me
When you're leaving
Cause it's over
It's over
Before it's begun

The morning will come too soon
You'll rise you fly in your own direction
I feel like I'm breaking through
Could time rewind for a second chance

No it's too late
And morning's light is on its way

So please wake me
When you're leaving
Cause it's over
It's over
Before it's begun


Your Eyes

My world don't know
It's changed for good
The light it fades the the darkness

Your eyes they spoke
I understood
And now you're leaving

And the lights are going down, down
On the street where we grew together
Down down
There's a shadow on this town

You said it all with your eyes
You said your goodbyes
Yeah so save your replies
And every single reasons why
The lights have all gone out

What's lost cannot be found this way
The search is never ending

And time can heal but not replace
Your face so lovely

And the lights are going down, down
On the street where we grew together
Down down
There's a shadow on this town

You said it all with your eyes
You said your goodbyes
Yeah so save your replies
And every twisted reasons why
The lights have all gone out

And the lights are going down, down
On the street where we grew together
Down down
There's a shadow on this town

You said it all with your eyes
You said your goodbyes
Yeah so save your replies
And every single reasons why
The lights have all gone out

And the lights are going down, down
On the street where we grew together
Down down
There's a shadow on this town

You said it all with your eyes
You said your goodbyes
Yeah so save your replies
And every single reasons why
The lights have all gone out


So Far

Do you even know just where you are
The arrival gate just seemed so far
Don't try to call me to tell me you're on your way
I won't pick up, I won't have much to say

Did you know you're a part of my plan
Did you know I was trying to be a better man
A better man than the rest

Even thought your place is right on time
It's about 3 weeks late in my mind
Now that you're here and we're talking
In about 3 4 days you'll be walking away

Did you know you're a part of my plan
Did you know I was trying to be a better man
A better man than the rest

Look over your shoulder
I'm waving goodbye again
You keep walking forward
You never look back
And until the next time
When everything's new again
I'll be here waiting
My head in my hands

Waiting for light to break through
Break through the darkest night
And bring the new day
And have the words to tell you
All that I feel inside
Instead I chase you away

And then you crawl into your hide away
Into your hiding place
Into your, into your hide away