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I Feel Alright
copyright 1998 Up Records

all songs by Mike Johnson unless indicated

thanks to Herve Stoltz, Raphael Schnoering, and Jen for taking the time to transcribe these lyrics

All There Is

Takes so long it sometimes seems
to realize or destroy your dreams
Mornings come and you're too late
To make a change and so you'll wait
Days are spent behind the walls
Sometimes fade but never fall
Striking out within yourself
Just a sigh is a cry for help
It's too late for promises
To change, or walk away
Is all there is
I won't wait to see what I'll miss
To change, or walk away
Is all there is (x2)
So watch with me if you will
Wasted words you cannot kill
Certain glances that destroy you still
Prescriptions you'll never fill
There was a time you could erase
Memories that held no grace
A heart dried up is hard to save
Take it with you, to the grave
It's too late for promises
To change, or walk away
Is all there is
I won't wait to see what I'll miss
To change, or walk away
Is all there is (x2)

Turn Around

Remember back awhile
How we walked for many a mile
And the faces that we'd see meant nothing
To you or me
But now those faces are frowns
And there's talk all over town
But I think I could see you
If you'd just turn around
Now I know there were signs
That you wouldn't always be mine
And they say I should have known
That I'd end up alone
See darling I wasn't blind
I didn't look, said I didn't mind
But now those faces are frowns
And there's talk all over town
But I think I could see you
If you'd just turn around
Turn around and see
How we were meant to be
'Cause I'm sure that you'd agree
If you'd just turn around to me
But now those faces are frowns
And there's talk all over town
And I think I could see you
If you'd just turn around
Yeah I think I could see you
If you just turn around

I Don't Love You (featuring Tiffany Anders)

Never thought I'd feel this way
Turn my back on better days of the past
I lied to myself and I lied to you
By acting like it wasn't true that this couldn't last
So now you said what's on your mind
Things you say were not so kind
What's real is real, face the fact
What's done is done, we can't hide from that
I don't love you no more (x2)
It wouldn't hurt if it weren't true
What I feel when I look at you
It's just not the same
If it helps to hide what I'm feeling then
I'll step aside and I'll know I'm not to blame
things turned out like they did
'Cause what I really felt was hid
But there was a time when we really knew
That every word we said was true
I don't love you no more (x2)
Why? Why? Why you didn't try?
Why I didn't try?
Well I got another guy
I don't love you no more (x2)
I just don't love you no more
I don't love you no more

A Minor Aversion
(The Saints)

I've taken all I can I'm not going to stand here
And be walked on no more
'Cause I don't need you these days you're facts
They don't mean a thing, no
And you think I'm gonna walk that line
Believe your lies all of the time
But you don't make me your fool anymore
I waited so long you kept me here
With all the lies you told
And you think that I would stay same yeah
Think you got me but you don't no
That this thing can't last, don't you know that time will pass
These dreams are not your own, anymore
I've been waiting far too long
I've been watching, honey, I ain't wrong
I'm not waiting anymore no, no
Not anymore

Not Over Yet

I tried, told myself I'll always try
To get rid of it
But I don't wanna be
What I used to be then
So here I am, I still don't understand
Just how alone I am
'Cause I've been here so long I know I don't belong
I could lose my mind
And to just forget
How time was slowed down
And it's still not over yet
And it's so hard to let go of the past
I try to make it last
But you know it's not right if we give up the fight
Our chance to begin
It's wrong, I have to try for so long
That you resent me now
And sorry's just a word, and nothing's ever cured
I could lose my mind
And to just forget
How the time was slowed down
And it's still not over yet(3x)

Leaving Greensleeves (featuring Tiffany Anders)
(Leonard Cohen)

Alas my love you did me wrong
To cast me out discourteously
For I've loved you so long, delighting in your very company
Now if you intend to show me disdain
Don't you know it all the more enraptures me
But even so I still remain
Your lover, in captivity
Greensleeves you're all alone
The leaves have fallen the men have gone
Greensleeves there's no one home
Not even the Lady Greensleeves
I sang my song, told my lies
To lie between your matchless thighs
But ain't it fine, ain't it wise
To finally end our excercise
I saw you naked in the early dawn
How I hoped you were someone new
I reached for you but you were gone
So lady I'm going too
Greensleeves you're all alone
The leaves have fallen, the men have gone
Greensleeves there's no one home
Not even the Lady Greensleeves
Greensleeves you're all alone
The leaves have fallen the men have gone
Greensleeves so easily done
Leaving the lady Greensleeves

I've Got to Have You (featuring Tiffany Anders)
(Kris Kristofferson)

You came smiling softly shyly moving easy as a dreamer into my world
And before I realize the danger I found myself staring into your eyes
Somewhere in their colors i saw promises of things i've never seen before '
And it's all over
I've got to have you
Holding on and talking, saying nothing
Knowing any moment I could lose you
And without a warning , I remember
That I tremble at the touch of your hand
Knowing when you came to me
That no one else could ever feel the same
In my arms
It's all over I've got to have you
Waking in the morning
To the tenderness of having you asleep
In my arms
And dreaming while my hair was blowing
Softer than a whisper on your cheek
I don't know the feeling
So I don't know if it's love
But it's enough, it's enough
And I can't help it
I've got to have you
It's all over I've got to have you (x2)

One Liner

I heard what you're saying there's nothing to gain
And your love can't be bought nor stolen
I had no reply, but to looking your eyes
And say I'm the one who you didn't count on
Now I come from a long line of intemperance and lost minds
So I may speak from a cloud of delusion
And if my words to you
Don't ring so true it would just be your ears I'm abusing
There's a man in a bar there's a girl in a car
And it's a moment that just shouldn't happen
It's a testament to guilt that the mind is built
On illusions you just can't rely on
And then hope that she'd stand by his side
And the song he'd only try to hide
Hear the voices say one of us had lied
And no one wants to know how love has died
But our love has died
I say just relax
And the hairs on the back of my neck
Just to raise to attention
It's a test of your will that you're listening still
That's something I've never would have bet on
If she could lay on the bed if she could just give him head
But the husband just might be returning
To look at her, you might not be sure just who of the three I was hurting
And I'd hope that she'd stand by his side
He saw that he'd only try to hide
Hear the voices say one of us had lied
And no one wants to know how love has died
But our love has died
Well I heard what you're saying there's nothing to gain
And your love can't be bought nor stolen
I had no reply, but to looking your eyes and say I'm the one who you didn't count on

A Message to Pretty (featuring Tiffany Anders)
(Love)

People try to tell me what they think is right
I don't listen to them can't tell day from night
I go through life seaching, trying to find the one
I go slip slip, you go slip slip away
And I don't need you to help me find my way
I can make it if I just don't see your face
Once I had a problem
Didn't know what to do
Now I've got no problems
All I had was you
Guess I'll keep on searching
Try to find the one
'Cause I go slip slip, you go slip slip away
And I don't need you to help me find my way
I can make it if I just don't see your face

Impatient and Unwilling

You could say there's not enough time
I could say I'm unwilling to try
I could say I'm lost in a sea of doubt
Analogies just hiding the lie
Impatient to turn back again
Impatient to lose all my friends
Unwilling to pull myself up
Unwilling to just give enough
There will be a glimmer of hope
There could be a shining example
There could be just enough rope
For one to be the shining example
Impatient to be part of the line
Impatient set apart from the grind
Unwilling to pull myself up
Unwilling to just give enough
There could be a shining example
There could be a glimmer of hope
For one to be the shining example
There could be just enough rope
Impatient and I turn back again
Impatient to lose all my friends
Unwilling to pull myself up
Unwilling to just give enough

The Performer
(Hazlewood)

I stand on the stage one empty page
Nothing to sell, so little to tell
Won't you come on in my old friends
And sit down
I'm just what you see
There's nothing to me
A piece of the end a never-has-been
Won't you come on in my old friends and sit down
Can't you tell by my clothes I never made it
Can't you hear what my songs just aren't saying?
Can't you see in my eyes that I hate it?
Wasting 20 long years on a dream
Thanks for coming by
To sit and watch me die
Lord knows friends I might
There's three more shows tonight
Won't you come on in my old friends and sit down
Can't you tell by my clothes I never made it
Can't you hear what my songs just aren't saying?
Can't you see in my eyes that I hate it?
Wasting 20 long years on a dream
Thanks for coming by
To sit and watch me die
Lord knows friends I might
There's three more shows tonight
Won't you come on in my old friends and sit down # x2

Tradewinds

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