Ben Sollee

Well, it's dark in the city I've lost my pride The lights in the streets hide the stars from my eyes It's been a long, long time coming But I know that change is gonna come And it's too hard living But I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there Jus...

If you're going to lead my country If you're gonna say it's free I'm gonna need a little honesty Just a few honest words It shouldn't be that hard Just a few honest words is all I need I don't need no handshake No firm look in the eye Don't tell me what you...

When the storm comes Will you reject the rain If it falls not soft If it falls not tame? When the wind blows And calls your name Will you run in fear Will you hide in shame? Are you strong enough to bend? Yes, don't stand against the wind Cause you know you'...

Bought an old tux coat at the vintage store* Had a few holes in it from the man before You wore a champagne dress Bought it at Target cause it cost less Rented an old house with spiral stairs Watched you walk down them with flowers in your hair Four months ago...

[Tekst zgodny z nagraniem płytowym] ~~~♫♫♫~~~ Blue moon of Kentucky, won't you keep on shining Shine on the one who's gone, proved untrue Blue moon of Kentucky, won't you keep on shining Shine on the one who's gone and left me blue Well, it was on one moonl...

Hang your worries on my thin Kentucky frame Lay your fears on my chest Place a wish on my calloused fingertip And chase the morning light We were built for this We were built for this Rest your troubles on my young, forgiving back Lift your pain upon my deck...

When I'm gone, now, bury me with my car When I'm gone, bury me with my car Cause if anywhere is wherever I end up when I'm gone I'm gonna need my ride to get around So please, please, bury me with my car Ancient Egypt, Cheops' boat Back in Rome they had chari...

Late in the summer Came an endless rain Didn’t have a number Didn’t have a name Then came the cameras And the preacher man To pray for Louisiana All over again It flood their house just the same It wrecked their car just the same It stole their dreams just t...

The heat of my brain turns the iron bars Around me to dust, but when I come to my senses It’s a winter’s day and There’s just a little rust I’m walking through the revolving doors in my mind But no matter how hard I try I can’t seem to get out the other side C...

Well I don’t go to church on Sunday Don’t get on my knees to pray Don’t memorize the books of the Bible You see, I got my own special way I know Jesus loves me Maybe just a little bit more I fall down on my knees every Sunday At Zerelda Lee’s candy store See,...

Sometimes, I wear feathers to feel close to the sky When I turn off the lights I am part of the night I’ve been layin’ next to you just to see if it feels right I want to be close to you, but you’re miles away Spent all my money to know how it feels to be poo...

The golden pharaoh is on the road again The cat is scratching at the door In the other room Grandpa’s singing Nintendo comes on channel four An old cassette tape of Dr. King speaking A broken Walkman on the floor A heap of warm embraces That don’t fit me anymo...

I’ve never felt so high I’ve never felt so high I’ve never felt so high I think I’m coming down I’ve never laughed so loud I’ve never laughed so loud I’ve never laughed so loud I think I’m coming down Nothing’s gonna stop me now Nothing’s gonna stop me now N...

Goodnight darling, goodnight I hope you sleep well Goodnight darling, goodnight I wish I could be there Hear your breathing And watch, your chest rise and fall Wrap around you, you are The same length as me I was young when I first Heard about something calle...

Dear little girl You are so happy You don't realize That this old world Has slated trouble For you and your Dark shining eyes I love to watch You play, my darling And watch the shining Of your eyes I love to hear you Call your Daddy And see your smile Your m...

Feeling young today Fly out and feel it on the high way Don't tell me to slow down you see I grew up this way TV shows and highlight don't forget play by play Now it's my turn Feeling tough today I'm..and like a title wave Swiping through the city looking for...

When Dolly hear them sound the drum Up she jump and she holler, "Here I come" And Dolly hear them sound the drum Up she jump and she holler, "Here I come" She gonna dance, she gonna sing She gonna cause the rafters to ring She gonna dance, she gonna sing She...

Now, listen here you drunken driver While here on earth you dwell You’ll never know when the time will come When you’ll have to say farewell I saw an accident one day That should turn the heart of men Teach them not to drink a drop While the steering wheel’s...

We moved here to this small town Built our lives on solid ground Built our home, built our love Seemed like nothing could knock us down But sometimes the earth shakes I never thought I’d feel this way I never thought this could happen to me I never thought y...

The trees are electrified The streets that are electrified Your ears are electrified My voice is electrified If your heart is unsteady,they can make it beat in time If your mind confused, it can be clarified If your old-fashioned, you will be modernized Every...

If ever your hand should tremble And reach for my battered knee If ever your heart should shudder Embrace your thoughts of me If ever your memory should warm Your chest where I once kissed If ever my name should fall from your tongue Embrace your thoughts of m...

Everything is free now That's what they say Everything I've ever done I'm gonna give it away See someone hit the big score They figured it out That we're gonna do it anyway Even if it doesn't pay Well, I could get a tip jar Gas up the car Try to make a littl...

I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes I certainly haven't been spreading myself around I still only travel by foot and by foot it's a slow climb But I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time I noticed that my opponent...

In a school yard nation, in a playground tower A young jury sends a “villain” down the slide He is a child in exile, weeping in the wood chips A castaway turned leader of a growing tribe A secret hand shake, a new declaration Scraps from art class fold in to a...

Here's a towel for your bleeding heart Please get off my work Here's a plan for your restless hate You ain't no ?? There's a whole lot of gold in the hands Of thieves There ain't no income And get off your knees Tightening us with expensive roads Children tal...

Well, teach me, baby, oh lord, yes A little show-and-tell How to keep from loving you Now should I fence in my heart baby Lord, keep it in the shade Give it all the fruit it could want except yours? Teach me, baby, well, one more time Just exactly how far you...

||: Huddle on the roof child :|| Call it tribulations… I know my lord wouldn’t treat me this way ||: Huddle on the roof child :|| Read about the rapture… I know my lord wouldn’t leave me this way ||: Huddle on the roof child :|| 

Someone's taken the boy from your face* Traded your eyes for those that have seen The shade of your innocence consumed in heat You put your hands in your pockets Buried as deep as they will go You're gonna find a reason You won't be at the show I can see the p...

This ain't the life I thought I'd live This ain't the home I hoped we'd make This ain't the path I thought I chose This ain't the sky I'd hoped we'd see This ain't the tree I thought would grow This ain't the god to which I pray This ain't the song I thought...

I couldn't say it to your face, but I won't be around any more. I couldn't say it to your face, but I won't be around any more. I needed a place, so I walked through your door, I couldn't say it to your face, but I won't be around any more. Well, it's my worl...

[Ben Sollee] You look so familiar You move like I thought you would You pray when you need to You said what I thought you’d say [Cheyenne Marie Mize] You are a believer You stand up for what you think is good We want all the same things You say take it day by...

It's not impossible for me to cry It's just the hardest thing I've ever done And it's a shame, you know But it's ingrained, you know Boys don't cry Boys don't cry I can't change The way you left All I wanted was to say goodbye I was scared, you know And I was...

Well I'm just a little tack in the shingle of your roof Just a little tack in the shingle of your roof Just a little tack in the shingle of your roof To hold our house together Well come on back and live with me Come on back and let me see Come on back and st...

It’s a long, hard road Through a rough-edged land To the softest part of a man And it’s lined with stones Tangled with regrets That are just too hard to forget There’s rusty signs Overlooked on the way To the heart of a troubled man And you can lose yourself...

~~~♫♫♫~~~ Let me be the cool breeze in the burning rush of the world Let me be the gentle hum of your wheels on the lonesome road Let this be the song on the radio that gets you home Let this be the thing you find you had but were never told Just let me be y...

There's a mute with a bullhorn He wants so badly to scream He's in love with Maria Callas He sings with her in his dreams A senator goes to the circus The elephants are eager to please He's handing out ballots and pencils There's a time and place for democrac...

The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, 'Tis summer, the people are gay, The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom While the birds make music all the day. The young folks play on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy and bright: By'n by...

my wealth comes to me... sittin' in his lawn chair the green grass is shinin' there's sprinklers everywhere a man without a care he's wearin' a cardboard crown he's got nets in the sky and meters in the ground he's got a tap in every tree my wealth comes to...

Oh sister, oh sister You’ve so much to learn Oh sister, oh sister You’ve so much to learn The girl that you are The woman you will be The world from afar Gets closer than you think There’s a language you were born with There’s a look in your eyes If I only...

of these many miles that do but oppress that stain and fray our common threads and of the indescribable moments between sleep and wakefulness, life and dream you needn't say a thing of the volumes and volumes left for the shelves the clever instruments learne...

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more I don't expect to sleep through the night Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie But I say why Why deny the obvious child? Why deny the obvio...

i wouldn't make a sound if i wasn't so angry i wouldn't be runnin' if there wasn't so far to go i wouldn't keep on if there wasn't somethin' worth keepin' i want to believe that this mountain can be moved but this is only a song it can't change the world i g...

I saw God by the river Panning for gold I saw God by the river Weary and old He said "Son, I used to know where I put things, I used to know" ~~~♫♫♫~~~ I saw God in the forest Teaching tai chi to the trees In the wind And bowing to the seas He said "Son, I...

Well I wish I could Keep every piece of you All the lies and the truths All the trophies from your youth And the phone you used to call me on I would put them all upon the shelf Just to be close to you ~~~♫♫♫~~~ And I wrote your name On the empty bottle of w...

Come on pretend that you want me Come on pretend that you needed me Come on pretend that the way I move Drives you crazy Come on pretend that you ran away Come on pretend that I chased ya Come on pretend that you can’t keep your hands Off me baby I know I a...

Well, a robin flew by my window I thought it just might be you Judging from the color of its breast And the sound of its song But I'm just thinking of you Cause you're in sunny California The fertile land, John Steinbeck wrote When I came not a single fertile...

Well, people have you heard the news? Have you seen the news? Have you read the news today? Word on the street Cycles and repeats And the world seem to end every day But the earth keeps on turnin’ And the people keep on learnin’ That you just can’t trust any...

Repaired Realigned Unbroken Set right Made new Reborn Discovered Left wild Un-named Redefined In focus Realized Made whole Reborn Un-searching Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied Satisfied 

Why do you make love in the dark? Is it useful thing if your heart is in it? And it's an easy choice If you need some distance But I want to be here With you And it's nice to be known And to know But it's a natural thing to be forgotten And not always seems...

Your feet were gladded Above the ground You might as well have been flying To some distant place And I was crying 'cause There's no denying, someday it'll come true Slow down, this road won't slow down for me And for you, it won't go fast enough Slow down, thi...

On a small town Sunday in Spain The streets have the city to themselves The church bells scare the pigeons away As I walk by another empty cafe I took the long way across the street I took the long way across the street On a small town Sunday in Spain Taking...

They left you by the road Wrecked And you came to believe they all work correct Cause you've been pushing the cards Against the deck You believed life was a game And you lost a bet Put your hook in the sea Put your sweat in the sheets When you'd figure it out...

sometimes i feel like an arrow fired at somethin', somewhere long ago whether it moved or i missed where i'm bound i don't yet know if you see me coming i'll probably pass you by on my way to somethin', somewhere, sometime sometimes i find myself reelin' list...

I guess they never told you how the Globe burned down* But it ain’t no secret, just ask around Some heart-sick man fed up with his fate Torched it to the ground in a desparate state He’d grown tired of the tragedies Tired of the death Tired of watching Romeo t...

He was born in South Carolina The son of a war weathered love He tried to fit in with the good ol’ boys But he was hooked on that Rock’n Roll Left home in a hurry Got an appetite for the road Gigged his way up to Kentucky Another hippy with some songs Daddy...

The idling trucks, the idle man The widening streets, the widening lands To a suitable house, on a suitable street Amusements nearby, and escape from the heat What you're looking for, is a What you're looking for What you're looking for, is a What you're look...

I just keep losing, I just keep losing I just keep losing, losing my way How did I stray so far from The Long, Lavender Line ~~~♫♫♫~~~ Sleeping on the sidewalk talking to himself People say he’s crazy someone should Help him find a way But he just can...

Maestro stepped on the stage Cured up the band He remembered how it felt As a younger man He tangled her scent In the reeds of the winds He painted her green brown eyes In the trembling strings He made love to her, all over again In the shifting breeze of Debu...

Riding out past all the places That I've a reason to go Kentucky hills and fences... Fields cleared of their stones Gonna find me a crossroad Ask a stranger where to go Gotta find a clear view of the sky... Out past the open road 'Bout half way to Jellico All...

~~~♫♫♫~~~ Give me a warm, spring day And a cool, sweet drink Feather your finest hat And I’ll put on my best bowtie "Cos the shade of the spires Cast a long shadow And allof the Kings of Kentucky And all the Queens from hills Gather round the old twin...

The warmth of your love Is like the warmth of the sun This will be our year Took a long time to come Don't let go of my hand Now darkness has gone This will be our year Took a long time to come And I won't forget The way you helped me up when I was down A...

try try try try to move a mountain with that shovel in your hand choose choose choose how to choose when there ain't no right or wrong that must be why we've invented faith sky sky sky can't see it all at once tell tell tell there's no tellin' what history wi...

Just sittin' here thinkin' about my last breath What would it sound like a sigh or a scream? What would it feel like a fire or a breeze? Where would it go if it could fly away? Would it find my family, would it find my son? Would it tell them I love them more...

Oh my rough edges are now smoothed by the grit of this town Lead from the rubble Rebuild from the sticks and the leaves Oh, I'm kept, but I ain't clean Learning how to run this fragile machine Well I believe in preservation And yes, it's fun to protect Don't y...

Prayers offered in times of peace Are silent conversations Appeals for love, or love’s release In private invocations But all that is changed now Gone like a memory from the day before the fires People hungry for the voice of God Hear lunatics and liars Warti...

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten And the people listens To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And ma...

Just please yourself Feel the friction in your mind Consider this opportunity To move against the tide Such thoughtful match Of an ever changing coast Drawing lines with the never word Just to see if they might belong But she got whole lot to give She got whol...

In the beginning You really loved me But I was too blind I could not see But now that you left me Oh, good Lord, how I cried, how I cried You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry I kept you coming Sad and blue, I was a playboy I just wouldn't be t...