Archive for November, 2007

Lonesome Call Of Winter

From the album Buy One, Get One Free by Jeremy Gratton

left me here inside my head, inside this place,
inside disgrace, all alone and i can’t hide
living like a drifter, floating in the moment,
with no explanation for this life

left me with an avalanche,
impending doom above my head,
and here i am in amazement

broken branches, fallen trees,
tells us all what’s to be,
all the silence and snow in the air

it’s the calm of the land, it’s the lonesome call of winter
it’s the fires that brew in the night during solstice
it’s the thing that you do that’s considered fair justice
it’s the love that you give, it’s the love that you give

lying in a liar’s den,
no telling what could have been,
it’s 20 more miles left on the road

feeling out of season,
out of time, and out of reason,
i’ve only got you left to hold

it’s the calm of the land, it’s the lonesome call of winter
it’s the fires that brew in the night during solstice
it’s the thing that you do that’s considered fair justice
it’s the love that you give, it’s the love that you give

Digital

From the album Buy One, Get One Free by Jeremy Gratton

fear is on channel 3
watch us all bleed and breed
and sink into our holes

hate is on channel 5
watch violence destroy lives
and melt inside our souls

lies are on channel 9
watch the sadness in the eyes
and hide inside our homes

death is on channel 12
watch us all burn in hell
and greed will take its toll

call me what you wish or will
i dislike paying part of the bill
that helps put an end to life

it’s not that i have no hope for us
it’s just i no longer see the cause
it’s time you critics get that right

the fight is not overseas,
in the desert, or airways
it’s right here in this country

terror was a bullet
but the man has the gun, and now…
look at what he’s chosen
look at what he’s done

call me what you wish or will
i dislike paying part of the bill
that helps put an end to life

it’s not that i have no hope for us
i just no longer see the cause
and it’s time to bring our troops back home

war is on channel 4
someone ought to reach on over
and turn off the goddamn tv

Lead Us On

From the album Buy One, Get One Free by Jeremy Gratton

i’ve got a broken kind of love
i’ve got a heart made of steel
silk arteries and tissue
which tells me that i miss you

i’ve got a bottle full of pills
seems, i never get my fill
yeah, i take ‘em for the pain
but it never seems to go away

it’s not the things you do when you’re alone
it’s not the voice you hear on the telephone

maybe, if you find that you want to speak your mind
maybe, you can keep it to yourself

seems i sing from the bottom
of a cold and empty bottle
at least i know who i am

but don’t misjudge me…
that’s not all i am

it’s not the things you do when you’re alone
it’s not the voice you hear on the telephone

maybe, if you find that you’ve got to speak your mind
maybe, you can keep it to yourself

lead us on with your image
lead us on with your grand vision
lead us on with the power of song

you can lead us on, but you know we’ll come around
you can lead us on, but you know we’ll come around
you can lead us on, but you know we’ll come around
you can lead us on, but you know… we will come around

maybe, i’ll be coming home to you

Working Class Hero

From the album Buy One, Get One Free by Jeremy Gratton

as soon as you’re born, they make you feel small
by giving you no time instead of it all
till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be

they hurt you at home and they hit you at school
they hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool
till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules

a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be

well, they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
then they expect you to pick a career
when you can’t really function, you’re so full of fear

a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be

keep you doped with religion and sex and tv
and you think you’re so clever and classless and free
but you’re still fucking peasants as far as i can see

a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be

there’s room at the top, they are telling you still
but first you must learn how to smile as you kill
if you want to be like the folks on the hill

a working class hero is something to be
a working class hero is something to be

if you want to be a hero, well just follow me
if you want to be a hero, well just follow me

© John Lennon (Sony/ATV songs LLC)

Clock Of Blues

From the album Buy One, Get One Free by Jeremy Gratton

i gotta call, but i read your letters
always seem to make me feel better
and i’ve offered you many things
like pompous flesh and fortune rings

walk a while with the shoes of grace
you look so good these days
what does a body have to do
to get theirs right next to you

and ya ask me for the meaning to life
and i must abide

the only meaning to this life is to live it
and live it as well as you’d like

and i’d like to see you today
i’d like to walk a while with you
and i don’t care what your good book says
i want to lie naked with you

days go by just like we’ve lost them
seems absurd to have to work them
you know i don’t want to have to
seems so uncomplimentary to me

and ya know i’ve got better things to do
like spend more time with you
scratch my ass or take a luxury cruise
anything else, other than punch the clock of blues

and ya ask me for the meaning to life
and i feel i must abide

the only meaning to this life is to live it
and live it as well as you’d like

and i’d like to see you today
i’d like to walk a while with you
and i don’t care what our employers say
i want to lie naked with you…

i want to make love with you