Edwin McCain

It's 3:00 AM and I'm awake and my heart still dreaming It's 3:00 AM and outside I hear the souls still screaming It's been so long you know since my head's been this clear Just like a ship lost in the night I just don't know which way I should steer But I'll k...

Al, he sells records down on old St. Charley's Street He's cleaning up Fat Tuesday's mess he keeps the sidewalks neat And he just lost his father and he just lost his wife And if it wasn't for the music he couldn't get on with his life And he knows what I know...

Rubber on my tires making contact with the road Sign on the streetpost tells me which way I should go Riding down America Street funny that it's one way Riding down from uptown to where the buildings are broken down indecay America Street it's right nearby Lan...

Rolled in last night To the dawn, the porch, and both our floodlights No excuse But we were having such a good time Why, oh why Can't I just walk the straight and narrow So ashamed But I'll do it all again tomorrow Maybe you're the only one that sees Anything...

Well I'm falling over backwards and I'm drowning in my sleep, I can't feel the ground, there's only sky beneath my feet, In a television moment I come crashing to the ground, Gasoline explosion but you never heard a sound, Maybe I'm calm, maybe I'm jaded, Or...

Another beautiful morning under stars and bars And F series pickups and rusted out cars And they're eating breakfast at the strip bar Just to have a peek... And the beer soaked angels spread their wings And dream of twenties and diamonds and things And somehow...

Sweet love is keeping a very close score She's cheated death more than one time The tears roll down her face and on to the floor The psychic's been reading her mind Women with secrets men with their rage The lines run deeper than words on the page Breeze throu...

There used to be laughter and wide-eyes Yellow balloons taking to the skies Life on the high wire can only come down And I landed in a ghost town Shut the gates and lost the keys There were just too many memories And those footprints in the sand Oh my...

Pacing gently, summer wind The king stares softly to the sky Will he ever see his home again Deep from his heart he starts to cry As his songs hit the air and young hearts are awake Soon they join in the chorus sharing all his ache There's a lifetime out there...

Welcome back to earth my fine young lucky southern son How was your trip to outer-space it sure did look like fun You seem somewhat puzzled like you just can't readjust You're covered in the battle scars and pitted up with rust Your mom and dad have missed you...

After the big parade, when all the limelight fades I'll be the one to kiss your eyes The roar fades in the air like hope from a lover's prayer The light from my heart begins to rise [Chorus:] And they said I couldn't love you and that it would never last He's...

Seven million years of progress handed down on silver wings Of gossamer and protein still we haven't learned a thing Are we caught up in our anger, locked up in our rage In the opera of selection on this our earthly stage And Charlie's spinning laughing, laugh...

The smile on your face could sacrifice salvation As the winter sunshine fades to bring you down A fumble in the dark, it's a journey on the night train A friendship never grows to bring you down Chorus: Everybody's waiting for God to fall out of the skies Is i...

Just do your thing If it makes you feel better Go on and sing If it makes you feel better Shufflin' feet Snuck up on me now This young man's lost his way He don't believe All the stuff they told him He's caught up in the fray He said I've got this great big Ba...

Well I don't drive a fast car You know it just ain't my style And I don't give a damn about that You know it ain't worth my while And I've been known to run around Burned some bridges in my time You know those girls tried to tie me down But my heart is still a...

Well im watching the dragons as they make another claim he used to be a friend of mine, i called him by his name well theres nothing you can say to nirvana when its packed up ina syringe we'll call up your mama and bus in all your friends Well im watching the...

Well this life's stretched out before me the highway shimmering with stars the knowing glances of the runaways that never made it this far I cant believe she said that we can work it out i thought that we were near the end gone are the days all the trouble and...

Hey Tink it's me Peter, I know it's been a long, long time I hope that you and the lost boys are doing just as fine As that time we showed that Captain Hook and Smee a thing or tow I think you know why I'm waiting and I hope that you're not blue You see I'll k...

It's time to get out of this town Theres no more fun to be found Im rolling thunder with the top down Its time to get out, get out, get out Crescent City high-life Dancing with the devils wife Just like some voodoo dream Living on 4th and Magazine A black rose...

Ghost on the street today Doorways of Jackson Square In tinsel and tap shoes Mardi Gras beads in her hair Down to the graveyard She wrung out her hands As if he will meet her All day she stands So don't leave me And I know you're justified So don't leave me 'C...

Perfumed and smoky She swears that she knows me She's falling down drunk again I say she's mistaken She's visibly shaken Emotions all drowned in gin She said I used to be beautiful But now it's all gone I let my dreams slip away from me That's where it went wr...

When footsteps from that Sunday march faded out into the dark The melody blows in to ease the pain Two thousand years and we're still here fighting over the same old fear The muddy steps of hate can't stand this rain I'll stand up on this stage as if it was my...

I'm holding my last breath It's burning in my lungs Clenching up my eyes Bloody up my tongue For the words that might escape Are ringing in my ears Grinds me to a pulp Grind me in the gears My frozen spirit aches I slip another day Start to lose my grip Find a...

After all the corridors are darkened When the royal crown is off your head To your chambers I will creep not a word we will speak Just love me while the fire light dances 'round the bed Well there is danger in this passion Because the king can never never know...

And the hearts fall in the right places And the hearts fall in the right places Pin feathers, dusty old wings Living all my crazy never-land dreams And I feel her trying when were apart And I feel like dying God dont let me break her heart God dont let me br...

Midnight in the Holy City playground for restless souls Graveyards for the sons of Fort Sumter* And the ghostly daughters Wait for their boys to come home Moonlight in the Holy City So thick it warms the air Burned my heart on a sweet southern flame Like a hug...

The air that you breathe it must be poison And you're dressed up in your best disguise I don't want to hear what you have to say It's there in your eyes when you look away These beautiful words are turning into lies Chorus: How can you say that to me The lig...

I'm A hack driver in New York City I've got seven kids on the lower east side I'm not a strong man, I'm not very pretty But in rush hour hell you should see me drive I'm a dressmaker in Louisiana Stick my finger ain't that a shame People come to haggle and paw...

Lying here with you Listening to the rain Smiling just to see the smile upon your face These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments, I'll remember all my life I found all I've waited for And I could not ask for more Looking in your ey...

How did I wake up each day Before that moment I saw your face Where was I before your touch No where is where I was, without you Without you in it My life was just a lie Before you I don't know how I got by Before I met you Before I held you in the night I don...

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful Stop me and steal my breath And emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky Never revealing their depth And tell me that we belong together Dress it up with the trappings of love I'll be captivated,...

I remember when the time I met you Living with your people down in New Orleans Mad at your mama cause she'd never let you Ride in our nasty limousine Later on the levee with the moon up above I lost my heart and confessed my love Oh Lucy, God have mercy I've g...

I've seen a love that rolls like thunder Ive seen a love that falls like rain That kind of love it makes me wonder Why my love causes me so much pain I see my ring as it spins on the table A perfect circle on the dusty wood Tells of a life, the love and the la...

Looking back on younger days the view stretched on for miles We charged into our futures with laughter and smiles As we traveled blindly the road became so thick No chance to change direction and we've laughed until we're sick Now I keep company with wicked ev...

I've been through the valley but I feared no man Saw the beach and the footprints alone in the sand When times seem hopeless, the night too dark to see Alone footprints on the road behind were the times when You carried me Jesus, He loves me This I know...

The night before your wedding, I dreamed what i would say, I'd beg you for forgiveness, For all the mess i've made. I dreamed that you were gracious, I dreamed you wished me well, I dreamed that you were vicious, You damned me straihgt to hell. Chorus But, oh,...

Mama, how do I write the words to you You were the only one who loved me true But theres a woman that we dont even know She gave me life, then you gave me a home I love you, Mama But I want to tell her too Is that her little boy still loves you I close my eyes...

The rip of thunder it splits the day It's jagged proof for the strength of chaos There's a strange music in the rumble It's like the anger and love's loss So you ask me to seek shelter And with you I know it's safe and warm But my dreams are in the torrent And...

Wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to you. It's late September and I really should be back at school. I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used. Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more. You led me away from home just to save you from be...

She walked in, I tipped my hat She said, "Boy don't you look at me like that" And I said, "No, you know I got no game" "Oh, but you can love me just the same" She said "Boy, my mama told me all about boys like you" "You talk so sweet then you leave me blue"...

Let them in Peter For they are very tired. Give them couches where the angels sleep And light those fires. Let them wake whole again To brand new dawns Fired by the sun Not wartime's bloody guns And may their peace be deep Remember where the broken bodies lie...

The Promise of you.... It sleeps in the air The air that i breathe And i know that it's true Don't have to convice myself to believe What secrets sleep in the heart of a man So much love wasted Slip right through my hands See it in the eyes of the lonely As t...

Do I fuel my hunger deprive my dreams Live my lonely worn out seam Stitches weary and the scars they leave I'm the only one deceived Please stand clear from the blast As I purge demons from my past Don't aspire to relieve Do your worst and Punish Me So I run f...

I tell you my story on VH1 And all of my personal hell And how my dad beat me and how much he drank Do you think it'll help my records sell Cause Im the radio star with the cars and the clothes The fancy guitars and the spoon in my nose You know in my world no...

The rhythm of life Heaven withstanding and smiling we're all swept away The rhythm of life Is not so demanding as some caught in narrows would say Fragile as ships as we pass through gibraltar The sirens have long given way Dark as the murky graveyard of sail...

A lovestruck Romeo Sings the streets a serenade Laying everybody low With a love song that he made Finds the streetlight Steps out of the shade Says something like: "You and me, babe, how about it?" Juliet says: "Hey it's Romeo, You nearly gave me a heart att...

Hey boy pushin' on your girlfriend Trying to show her all the pain you feel inside Yeah and head all scrambled and the love is gone And you don't know what went wrong But I think I heard you hissing something about blue steel But when you talk about something...

When you feel locked in then you feel left out And you don't know if your face fits in the crowd When you've made mistakes and your conscience shakes Then you don't know what belief is all about Chorus: A paper moon that turns to gray Will save the rain from y...

(featuring Maia Sharp) Say anything, save everything If we say nothing this love will die Give me just one word, you can scream or whisper If you want to stay with me, tell me why Say anything It's not that the words aren't there but they'd only fail my emoti...

She's a Blue Ridge cradle She's a mother to some And home to the laughter Of road weary ones So we'll sing all the old songs Sing to grandmama road And we'll sing cause we miss her And we're sad she had to go If I could see off this mountain Through the clouds...

Whispered from my heart and soul to my unwilling eyes Lift my vision from the ground lift it to the sky Skies they used to be so ugly rain that stings my face Opens up their glory just earth and sky and space And your passionate embraces absolve me of my sin Y...

We keep our love in a plain brown box We keep it tied with a simple lock We hold it close 'cause it's all we got We think it's ordinary but it's not In a world that's starting to fade A little love could pave the way Don't keep it tied with the simple lock You...

Wendy's sitting next to me She's trying hard to drink it away And I feel the rumble Of the subway beneath the stage And her eyes are screaming And her lips are pursed This ain't her first heartache But it feels like, it feels like the worst And she says: Can s...

Tim he was a good friend yeah he was a brother of mine we were imaginary comic book superheroes kids wasting time we were prisoners of our youth we were growing up strong til that day he was taken away for something he did wrong........ alright He said i than...

Sittin' on the edge Looking for songs in a bottle Talking with strangers who don't know my pain Blurry eyed and burned out Choking on more than I can swallow Crack in a little voice called out my name She said 'whatever happened to you', It's been two years w...

I know the sun will rise Just like the stars in the skies Hey there busy boy why are you so blue Walking around in your Armageddon shoes You say you got nothing, you got nothing left to lose Boy if they were free, you still would not have a clue I know the sun...

I pull my boots off, throw my weapons on the floor Cry my eyes out, in my private little war Well it seems I've been a soldier Heaven knows I've been no saint In my camouflage and armor, cold heart and grease paint To you this has no meaning the Armistice laid...

When would a woman stop being a woman She turns to the lines on the page So you say that it's over I think it's time you act your age Please don't take him for a foothold Because five years old is not a time of war Please please show some dignity Don't tell he...

My bum is on the rail, bum is on the rail! Look at me, my bum is on the rail! My bum is on the man, bum is on the man! It's alot of fun to put your bum on a man. My bum is on the step, bum is on the step! Don't fall down the step you might hurt your bum! (haha...

Sitting in the kitchen Just staring at the cracks in the wall I've been sitting here since yesterday Just waiting on you to call The cracks remind me of you and I They're all up, down and split apart And all the cracks in the wall lead to one great big hole Th...

They say chasing dreams is noble Well catching them is tragic When you're right on the heels of your heart's desires The distance is magic When it's on the tip of my tongue When it's on the tip of my tongue We're a lost generation with no sense of self Everybo...

Lying here with you, Listening to the rain. Smilingjust to see, The smile upon your face. And theseare the moments, I thank God that I'm alive. Andthese are the moments, I'll remember all my life. I've found all I've Waited for, And I could notask for more....

Thirty Pieces of silver screen Deep inside our souls How did we betray our imagination Watching our futures unfold Without a whisper for fear of intrusion We have to see how this part ends Time out for commericals Time out to be good friends But our generation...

Through the floor Bathed in sunlight woke from dreams Of murderous intention Pursued by dogs and men and things I'm just too scared to mention And the first thing that I think of Are her sympathetic eyes That see with only positive emotion And she talks of bei...

It's taken all this time to work you out And if I wasn't sure before now I'm in no doubt You're running out of things to say and I can see it in your face You're going to throw it all away Chorus: Makes no difference what you say cause you can't hide it Cause...

Yes all the vampires know my name But they don't treat me quite the same I've pulled the leather from my eyes Put all the stars back in your skies Chorus: I'm turning this life around I broke all the chains that used to tie me down I'm turning this life around...

Did you forget about the passion living day to day? we keep our dreams locked down inside choking on a lifetime never take a chance wake up one day wishing you tried And it ain't about the money it ain't about the time it ain't about the love you lost or the t...

Well I packed all of my things into this blanket The coldest year to earn coyote's fare Kiss my wife and kids goodbye choke back the quiver in my breath And took my first steps into this corridor of death If Im lucky I will make it to a train With 500 of my br...

White lace, promises, candle in the dark You've done this before, now you hide your heart Here you go again, will it be the same? You're getting much too old to play this foolish game Don't you hold back Don't you quit before it's done It's not too late Give y...

One little gutter town 3:00 in the morning I whispered these words I believed Said leave me alone girl I'm so tied down and broken It's too late it's too late to save me Ain't no wish in this world slight of this moment No dream I could dream that comes near N...

With brand new heart strings that shine like gold And a neck and back that's new and strong That sweet simple freedom he called his friend Fretted easily as he played life songs So don't leave those gold strings and the free wind sound In a case with those who...

Kelly is raising a son His dad left just after the birth Now she's living on child support checks I guess that's all that man was worth She says, "I just need a man who will love me "But they all just want one night of sin "I know my life could be better "I ju...