She
She keeps me hooked
She keeps me sighing
She keeps me going
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries so hard
She leads me on
She tells me lies
To make me try
She sells me lies
To make me try
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
To get out of her grasp
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
Of lies and deceit
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
But she has her ways
Of drawing me back in (don’t go back)
She keeps me keen
She keeps me lying
She keeps me sane
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
She doesn’t need to try
She doesn’t like to try
She doesn’t have to try
I don’t know why
She draws me in
She has me hooked
She makes me spin
She has me hooked
But in the end
All she does
Is make me cry
She makes me cry
Fun for You
Make me feel so small
Its fun for you
Seeing me on the floor
Its fun for you
Nothing is ever right
Its true, so true
Not ever with you
Its true, so true
Keep me hanging on
Its fun for you
Like a puppet on a string
Its fun for you
You’re the worst part of me
Its true, so true
Something I just can’t shake
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
See me at my worst
Its fun for you
At the end of your tether
Its fun for you
Want you out of my life
Its true, so true
Waiting for the day
Its true, so true
Keep me isolated
Its fun for you
My life held to ransom
Its fun for you
I feel so alone
Its true, so true
Even when you’re here
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
So please just let me go
Please just let me go
Keep You
You tell me
I don’t listen (you don’t)
When you speak
That I’m a freak (you’re a freak)
But I do
I just don’t (you don’t)
Get what it is
You’re trying to prove
Can’t you see
I’m struggling
To understand
Oh, if only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Trying to understand
Trying to make it right
Trying to give you
Whatever makes it better
Whatever makes us right
Tell me what it is
I want to end this fight
I want to understand
Oh, If only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Help me please (help)
I need to know
What it is (what it is)
That I can do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
What can I do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
She
She keeps me hooked
She keeps me sighing
She keeps me going
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries so hard
She leads me on
She tells me lies
To make me try
She sells me lies
To make me try
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
To get out of her grasp
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
Of lies and deceit
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
But she has her ways
Of drawing me back in (don’t go back)
She keeps me keen
She keeps me lying
She keeps me sane
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
She doesn’t need to try
She doesn’t like to try
She doesn’t have to try
I don’t know why
She draws me in
She has me hooked
She makes me spin
She has me hooked
But in the end
All she does
Is make me cry
She makes me cry
Fun for You
Make me feel so small
Its fun for you
Seeing me on the floor
Its fun for you
Nothing is ever right
Its true, so true
Not ever with you
Its true, so true
Keep me hanging on
Its fun for you
Like a puppet on a string
Its fun for you
You’re the worst part of me
Its true, so true
Something I just can’t shake
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
See me at my worst
Its fun for you
At the end of your tether
Its fun for you
Want you out of my life
Its true, so true
Waiting for the day
Its true, so true
Keep me isolated
Its fun for you
My life held to ransom
Its fun for you
I feel so alone
Its true, so true
Even when you’re here
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
So please just let me go
Please just let me go
Keep You
You tell me
I don’t listen (you don’t)
When you speak
That I’m a freak (you’re a freak)
But I do
I just don’t (you don’t)
Get what it is
You’re trying to prove
Can’t you see
I’m struggling
To understand
Oh, if only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Trying to understand
Trying to make it right
Trying to give you
Whatever makes it better
Whatever makes us right
Tell me what it is
I want to end this fight
I want to understand
Oh, If only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Help me please (help)
I need to know
What it is (what it is)
That I can do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
What can I do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
17 Steps.
17 Steps to set me free
sat here across from you
out the corner of my eye
I see my way out
17 Steps to get away
From your angry words
Firing away at me
The damage irreversible
17 Steps is all it would take
To get out of the line of fire
Yet I sit here still
Like a deer in the headlights
17 Steps away from you
yet I can’t move
taking hit after hit
going down in flames
Run away, run away (17 steps)
Get yourself out of here (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Let go of all you hold dear (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
As much as it hurts to go
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Get away from all you know
17 Steps will end it all
That’s what you want
That’s what you’ll get
With the curtain fall
17 Steps where salvation lies
But I stay where I am
Still in awe of you
Even in the darkest time
Run away, run away (17 steps)
Get yourself away from her (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Treating you so unfair (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
As much as it hurts to say
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
You know it will end anyway
17 Steps is what there are
After my world ends
After your words sink in
And it all goes dark
But in the end,
All that I find
17 Steps is what you took.
To leave me behind.
Always by My Side
Life without you is
Like living with a shadow
Always there, yet not at all
Cold and empty
Always by my side
I’m unable to see
But lighter than
The dark side of me
My guardian angel (Always by my side)
Looking out for me (Always by my side)
Wish you could be (Always by my side)
By my side, yeah
Always by my side
Waiting for you
To send me a sign
To let me know
You’re there with me
Trying to reach out
The space is empty
So close I can feel it
But unable to touch
A feeling so strange
Yet comforting all the same
Never feeling alone
You’re always with me
My guardian angel (Always by my side)
Looking out for me (Always by my side)
Wish you could be (Always by my side)
By my side, yeah
Always by my side
I’m a song without words
A tune without meaning
A melody left wanting
Playing on and on
Nobody to dance with
As the music plays
Just dancing with my shadow
Never really alone.
You may be gone
But in my mind at least
You’ll always be here
Always by my side
Letting Go of You
I tried, I tried
To get you back
But you just said
Don’t bother trying
Don’t bother trying
I don’t love you anymore
Its all over, you said
We’ll never be the same
Words that cut like razors
Wish you could take them back
Wish I could take back
All the things we said
I’m sorry for the things I did
I’m sorry for the things you did
You’ll never admit
Just easier to blame
Wasn’t all great
Wasn’t all good
We never loved each other
The way we should
We were better alone
We were better apart
Words you said to me
Words that broke my heart
Sometimes I think about you
It makes me sad
But then I remember
The bad times we had
It all goes away
I’m better for a while
Till the next time
You appear in my dreams
If there was a pill I could take
To make you go away
I’d have a bottle full
To lay your ghost to rest
Wouldn’t that be great?
Wouldn’t that be grand
To watch you fade away
To slowly let go of your hand
Wasn’t all great
Wasn’t all good
We never loved each other
The way we should
We were better alone
We were better apart
Words you said to me
Words that broke my heart
Before you leave
Before you go
One more touch
Just one more touch
Before you leave
Before you leave
For good
Empty Eyes.
I saw you again, the other day
In that moment before you turned away
You looked away with a sigh
Enough to make me want to cry
Wondering what went wrong
With a person once so strong
Your spirit used to light up my life
When my memories were only good
Full of hope for a life to come
Seems to have been lost
Somewhere along the way
Reasons known only to some
Your empty eyes that once sparkled
Now seem dark as night
Once had the power to command a room
But no longer draw a crowd
Able to light up a thousand faces
Now seem less than a candle’s flicker
Your spirit used to light up my life
When my memories were only good
Full of hope for a life to come
Seems to have been lost
Somewhere along the way
Reasons known only to some
I feel so sorry, I feel so low
Its all my fault, I know
No words needed to be spoken
Your spirit battered and broken
The truth there to see
At least clearly to me
When I look upon myself
With empty eyes
I wonder
I miss you so much
But you’ll never know
I’m holding on to
Fading memories of you
Like an old Polaroid
Fading in the sun
My life has changed
Loneliness just begun
Wish I could re-live
Wish I could go back
Dreams we had together
But all I see is black
I wonder if
I wonder if
Your dreams are ever of me
I wonder if
I wonder if
You would ever tell me
I know the answer
I know it well
No need to speak
Nothing to tell
The plans we made
Our lifetime together
Came crashing down
Light as a feather
A lifetime spent in
The warmth of you
A feeling so familiar
Now sadly through
Wish I had the courage
Wish I had the strength
To hold you close
Instead of at arm’s length
I wonder when
I wonder when
This feeling will fade
I wonder when
I wonder when
I’ll start to live again
Deep down I know
You’ll always be here
Like a flickering flame
Lighting up my fear
I wonder why
I wonder why
You torment me still
Each day I long for
The coming of night
Because in my sleep
I can be with you
I my dreams
I relish your touch
The sound of your voice
The smell of your hair
The sun peeking over
The horizon of night
Waking me from paradise
My ideal world with you
I wonder if
I wonder if
I could stay forever
I would stay
Forever
She
She keeps me hooked
She keeps me sighing
She keeps me going
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries so hard
She leads me on
She tells me lies
To make me try
She sells me lies
To make me try
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
To get out of her grasp
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
Of lies and deceit
I keep trying to stay away (stay away)
But she has her ways
Of drawing me back in (don’t go back)
She keeps me keen
She keeps me lying
She keeps me sane
She keeps me trying
She leads me on
She leads me on
She tries real hard
She leads me on
She doesn’t need to try
She doesn’t like to try
She doesn’t have to try
I don’t know why
She draws me in
She has me hooked
She makes me spin
She has me hooked
But in the end
All she does
Is make me cry
She makes me cry
Fun for You
Make me feel so small
Its fun for you
Seeing me on the floor
Its fun for you
Nothing is ever right
Its true, so true
Not ever with you
Its true, so true
Keep me hanging on
Its fun for you
Like a puppet on a string
Its fun for you
You’re the worst part of me
Its true, so true
Something I just can’t shake
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
See me at my worst
Its fun for you
At the end of your tether
Its fun for you
Want you out of my life
Its true, so true
Waiting for the day
Its true, so true
Keep me isolated
Its fun for you
My life held to ransom
Its fun for you
I feel so alone
Its true, so true
Even when you’re here
Its true, so true
I’m caught between the lines
Of the love I sadly know
And the life that’s in my dreams
If you’d just let me go
So please just let me go
Please just let me go
Keep You
You tell me
I don’t listen (you don’t)
When you speak
That I’m a freak (you’re a freak)
But I do
I just don’t (you don’t)
Get what it is
You’re trying to prove
Can’t you see
I’m struggling
To understand
Oh, if only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Trying to understand
Trying to make it right
Trying to give you
Whatever makes it better
Whatever makes us right
Tell me what it is
I want to end this fight
I want to understand
Oh, If only you would
Let me know (let me know)
What it is (let me know)
You want me to do (let me know)
Tell me what (tell me what)
What it is (tell me what)
You want me to say (tell me what)
Help me please (help)
I need to know
What it is (what it is)
That I can do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
What can I do
To keep you (keep you)
To keep you (keep you)
17 Steps.
17 Steps to set me free
sat here across from you
out the corner of my eye
I see my way out
17 Steps to get away
From your angry words
Firing away at me
The damage irreversible
17 Steps is all it would take
To get out of the line of fire
Yet I sit here still
Like a deer in the headlights
17 Steps away from you
yet I can’t move
taking hit after hit
going down in flames
Run away, run away (17 steps)
Get yourself out of here (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Let go of all you hold dear (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
As much as it hurts to go
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Get away from all you know
17 Steps will end it all
That’s what you want
That’s what you’ll get
With the curtain fall
17 Steps where salvation lies
But I stay where I am
Still in awe of you
Even in the darkest time
Run away, run away (17 steps)
Get yourself away from her (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
Treating you so unfair (17 Steps)
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
As much as it hurts to say
Run away, run away (17 Steps)
You know it will end anyway
17 Steps is what there are
After my world ends
After your words sink in
And it all goes dark
But in the end,
All that I find
17 Steps is what you took.
To leave me behind.
Always by My Side
Life without you is
Like living with a shadow
Always there, yet not at all
Cold and empty
Always by my side
I’m unable to see
But lighter than
The dark side of me
My guardian angel (Always by my side)
Looking out for me (Always by my side)
Wish you could be (Always by my side)
By my side, yeah
Always by my side
Waiting for you
To send me a sign
To let me know
You’re there with me
Trying to reach out
The space is empty
So close I can feel it
But unable to touch
A feeling so strange
Yet comforting all the same
Never feeling alone
You’re always with me
My guardian angel (Always by my side)
Looking out for me (Always by my side)
Wish you could be (Always by my side)
By my side, yeah
Always by my side
I’m a song without words
A tune without meaning
A melody left wanting
Playing on and on
Nobody to dance with
As the music plays
Just dancing with my shadow
Never really alone.
You may be gone
But in my mind at least
You’ll always be here
Always by my side
Letting Go of You
I tried, I tried
To get you back
But you just said
Don’t bother trying
Don’t bother trying
I don’t love you anymore
Its all over, you said
We’ll never be the same
Words that cut like razors
Wish you could take them back
Wish I could take back
All the things we said
I’m sorry for the things I did
I’m sorry for the things you did
You’ll never admit
Just easier to blame
Wasn’t all great
Wasn’t all good
We never loved each other
The way we should
We were better alone
We were better apart
Words you said to me
Words that broke my heart
Sometimes I think about you
It makes me sad
But then I remember
The bad times we had
It all goes away
I’m better for a while
Till the next time
You appear in my dreams
If there was a pill I could take
To make you go away
I’d have a bottle full
To lay your ghost to rest
Wouldn’t that be great?
Wouldn’t that be grand
To watch you fade away
To slowly let go of your hand
Wasn’t all great
Wasn’t all good
We never loved each other
The way we should
We were better alone
We were better apart
Words you said to me
Words that broke my heart
Before you leave
Before you go
One more touch
Just one more touch
Before you leave
Before you leave
For good
Just a guy putting pen to paper occasionally. My songs are intended for both male and female vocalists, with a solo instrument in mind. However, that is purely up to your interpretation, everyone imagines music differently.
Influenced by my life experiences, and by imagining myself in other people's place.
