| Andrew Heringer

a thousand years

a thousand years isn't enough
to search the world around for perfect you
a thousand years ain't what i got
but i'd do most anything you'd ask me to

and i cannot tell you enough
what it means to have you here in my life
and i cannot tell you enough
what it means to have you here in my life today

a thousand years isn't enough
for you to understand my point of view
a thousand years is what it would take
for you to do a part of what i'd do for

and recently i can see whats going on
and recently i have thought about moving on

this wasn't how i wanted things to go
and this isn't how i thought our lives would unfold

but i cannot take anymore
'cause you can't give me what i'm looking for
and i cannot take anymore
because you can't give me what i'm looking for
and i cannot tell you enough
what it meant to have you here in my life
but no more

being here

it's all unplanned carving our names out
etching foundations in the sand
racing the tide only to find
that the words we write
lose their substance in time
and now were left face to face
with all our expectations erased

but everything has changed
and it feels so strange being here with you
so now it'll fade away, it'll fade away

now we stand watching our names
fade into the waves and slip from our hands
inevitably only to see
what we thought was concrete
comes apart piece by piece
so we carve it again
in attempt make amends

but everything has changed
and it feels so strange being here with you
so now it'll fade away, it'll fade away

boy on the beach

the boy on the beach
asks where are your shoes
i look at his barefeet
i say what about yours

i find it quite funny that the boy with barefeet
is asking me why i have no shoes
then i hear

dylan come over here
his morther yells from not far not near
dylan did you hear me son
my sensing some tension that our chatting has done

cause she's wondering why
her 4 year old is
talking to a guy in jeans with holes
and long hair

dylan the sandcastle maker
dylan the sandcastle maker
dylan the sandcastle maker
may some day be a great
writer, or teacher, or father
but today hes just a 4 year old
castle making barefoot kid

circles

we take our coats off in the rain
and throw 'em in the breezeway
shes not the type to complain
so that'll make it easy
its fascinating to me
how fast i felt i knew her
in the little time we've seen

it feels like forever
and i never i never expected
to find someone who knew me
so quickly she blew me away
we hold each other tightly
and you at look me
and rightly say
who are you? who are you? who are you?

won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
and she giggles at me

we run our hardest in the rain
and it really doesnt matter
what the distance was we came
cause we are chasing each other
and forgetting about the world around
you know im feeling rather kiddy
cause in her i think i've found

what feels like forever
and i never i never expected
to find someone who knew me
so quickly she blew me away
we hold each other tightly
and you at look me
and rightly say
who are you? who are you? who are you?

won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
"what does that mean" she says
won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
and she giggles at me

she asks me a question with an obvious answer
but the explanation would take
much too long so its in my nature
to be a smart ass about it
im gonna think up something witty
what else would i do when she says to me
who are you, who are you
who are you, who are you

won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
"what does that mean" she says
won't you let me introduce myself
i'm the one who draws the circles
and she giggles at me

hold my hand

your heart has just been broken
and you got so many things to say
get it off your chest
you're having a natural reaction
to your now & future ex ex ex
give your heart a rest
to give a word of advice
its all downhill from here
and its for the best
because you've been through this before
and know in two months time you'll heal
that's the relationship process
but if you need someone to talk to
you got one here in me
let me repeat
but if you need someone to talk to
you got one here in me
so baby just breathe &

darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
it alright

i dont want anything in return
just seeing you feel happy is a natural high
you can always count on my friendship
it something you can always rely on

your mind is feeling scattered
and you probably feeling blue
so let's breathe in deep
and if the breathing is not relieving
then we got some other things to do
for your sanity to keep
we gotta get ya going giddy
gotta get ya feeling good
its the only way to forget about
the fathers and the bothers that ill you
so i gotta say
im gonna be here as long as you need me
so dont feel shy to turn to me
im gonna be here as long as you need me
so baby just breathe and

darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
its alright
darling hold my hand
it alright

i cannot remember

hey old friend
you used to be the first to know
you'd know when
anything was going on
but these days
it seems we have gone our seperate ways
oh my friend
it's odd seeing you again cause

i cannot remember the last time you came my way
i cannot remember the last time you came my way
aint it funny how somehow it feels
like it's just been a day

i cannot remember the last time you spoke my name
i cannot remember the last time you spoke my name
aint it funny how somehow it
always will come out the same

but you dont wanna be 'round me
cause im not who i used to be
you dont wanna see what ive seen
cause ive been through all hell
and all that i can say is theres no way
for you and i to relate
its been so long it feels so wrong
and im not who i used to be

i cannot remember the last words you spoke to me
i cannot remember the last words you spoke to me
aint it awful how friends can grow apart so easily

i can still remember so many memories
i can still remember so many memories
aint it funny how somehow those never seem to leave

but you dont wanna be 'round me
cause im not who i used to be
you dont wanna see what ive seen
cause ive been through all hell
and all that i can say is theres no way
for you and i to relate
its been so long it feels so wrong
and im not who i used to be

morgan, the conquerer

oh my lord i never knowed that
you would go and conqueror all that you could see
& i must say it would be, remiss of me to
let you go any further

oh morgan, lay down your arms
you've gone to far
you said that you would stop with the U.S.A.
but you wanted the whole world you silly girl
& now there's nothing left for you to take

morgan, the conqueror, got sick & tired of taking orders
so morgan, the conqueror, raised up an army
to break down the borders of the world

so morgan please, if you are listening
won't you tell your troops to take their leave & go on home
& though i must decline it was nice to find
that you had offered me New Zealand

oh morgan, lay down your arms
you've gone to far
you said that you would stop with the U.S.A.
but you wanted the whole world you silly girl
& now you're off to conqueror outer space

racecar

will you be my racecar if i find us a track
will you be my racecar and we'll never turn back
& we always thought that life would be this easy
& we always thought that life would be this easy
so please please

wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your car
wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your arms tonight

are you coming to get me 'cause i'm hoping you will
if you're coming to get me then there is hope for me still
i never thought that i would be this needy
& i never thought that i would be this needy
but please please

wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your car
wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your arms tonight

and i've wondered round and i've wondered round
and i've run many a stop light on my own
and i've wondered round and ive wondered round
but it's no fun when you're gone

so im putting my two feet down
on the earth and hope you find me
i'm waiting for your body to come, come and take me away
i'm not looking for no airplane, i'm not asking for no rocket
i'm just hoping and hoping and hoping that this is
a responsible request for me to make

wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your car tonight
wherever you're going won't you take me with
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your arms tonight
wherever you're going won't you
take me, take me, take me with you
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your car
wherever you're going won't you take me with you
i don't wanna be lonely so throw me in your arms tonight

southern california

hello mr. sunshine
id like to say that seeing you today is mighty fine
don't be alarmed by my greeting
i'm just saying it's so nice to see your beams go beaming

cause i've been up in portland for way too long
and i had to go so many days without seeing the sun
and i know us here in southern cali
don't appriecate you enough

so i have to say that i missed you a ton
so i have to say that i missed you a ton

southern california
with the sun always up in the sky
southern california
how can the weather here always be so nice

but goodbye mrs. starshine
i look up at the sky and it's so hard to find
my way to orion's belt
looking up is self-defeating
there's so much light in the sky between you and i
i understand why you're leaving

cause there's not much room left in the sky for you to light
so i understand why an exit now why it feels so right
but don't take all the stars from me
won't you please leave some

cause i'd have to say that i'd miss them a ton
cause i'd have to say that i'd miss them a ton

southern california
with the sun always up in the sky
southern california
you got so many stars, got so many stars
but not the right kind

stormy weather

i close my eyes to the stormy weather
as we remember september days
i close my eyes but i suddenly remember
it's gonna be a long, long and lonely day

let's hear it for the boy
let's hear if for the boy who has let us down
let's hear it for the boy
let's hear if for the boy who has let us down

i close my eyes to the stormy weather
as we remember plans to runaway
i close my eyes but i'm plagued by those memories
it's gonna be a long, long and lonely day

let's hear it for the boy
let's hear if for the boy who has let us down
let's hear it for the boy
let's hear if for the boy who has let us down
i beat myself up over it
but i have to remember it's not my fault

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