Jon McLaughlin

I got only one life to lead here Tryna be myself and speak clear Your eyes look at me, and it's harder than you think I stood up with my legs, so heavy When the world was right in front of me And I wasn't recognized when, time was on my side and High a...

It's you to me Your gentle face Overdue, worth the wait And out of my reach But I'm reaching out for you Me to the night I say goodbye The time is up I fight the time A needed award I can't afford A finished song One more cord And it's already in my mind I'm...

I've been lost on these endless streets such a long, long way from home While you're stuck in an empty room as you wait for me to show You are always on my mind You are always on my mind Always on my mind When i sleep every dream is you filling up this empty...

I can't find Crazy Horse, can't find Hoffa And Amelia's missing somewhere out at sea And I hope they're happy, havin' a party And Elvis is servin' them up green apple martini's I can't find my watch I can't find my wallet So how in the hell am I supposed to f...

I heard it on the radio Let it be, so I let go See if it made a difference I tried to walk a different pace Show the world, the other face I hide away because of day Oh, oh oh, oh, oh oh, I am not the same Oh, oh oh, oh, oh oh, if a change Nothing's ever wh...

[Verse 1:] The pieces that are showing lead to the unknowing Pieces of my life taking up my time It's always how it is and never don't exist Everything you need is nothing he can be [Chorus:] You never lose. You never lose before we go we all should know that...

Hello, hello How long has it been? I think about you every now and then It’s good to see you doing so well Oh no, right now I’m not with anybody else You dyed your hair It makes your eyes look blue Are you still wearing that same perfume? I moved to t...

I got only one life to lead here Tryna be myself and speak clear Your eyes look at me, and it's harder than you think I stood up with my legs, so heavy When the world was right in front of me And I wasn't recognized when, time was on my side and High a...

There are times every now and then I forget why I'm breathing out And why I'm breathing in And I get so sick with the little things I can't relax when it's happening To know what it means It means And then I open my eyes And I know you're beating my heart, be...

She loves her momma's lemonade Hates the sounds that goodbyes make She prays one day she'll find someone to need her She swears that there's no difference between the lies and compliments It's all the same if everybody leaves her And every magazine tells her...

I feel like somebody else I don't recognize myself Staring into the mirror Smiling ear to ear It's funny how all this time I thought I was alive Now I see things clearer Smiling ear to ear And now Screaming at the top of my lungs Finally I found so...

That look in your eye was the reason I wasn’t leavin’ The words that I had yet to say kept me standin’ still We nervously laughed as we widened the gap that our silence Had already filled Sometimes a moment can change when you hold it too tightly And I k...

I finding out that wasn't your real name I called it out but you never came You're leaving me In this fantasy That we made our lives out to be Could it be that I never saw All the writing written on the wall Oh, taking half of the fantasy That we made our liv...

Michael's got everything, All that he wants. It's right there before his eyes. He's had it so good for so long, that any other way would be despised. And I sit back with myself, and watch him go by. Gracing his presence on someone like me, requests h...

The sun sets on a saturday night and the keys are in my hand Jamie says that she wants to stay in but she just don't Understand I worked all week at the restaurant and i just need to cut loose So if you feel like me get your brand new shoes meet me at 1st aven...

Just cause it's slow doesn't mean it's sad Just cause it's wrong doesn't mean it isn't right Just cause it hurts don't mean it's bad, no Just come over, come over tonight Just cause we're fighting Just cause you're crying Just cause the stars in the sky...

I've never been much of a fighter I never threw a punch I've never really been in arguments with anyone And I don't spring into action When I hear gunshots So if you think that I'm tough Well guess what If you're lifting heavy objects I am not your ma...

I'll hold you in the dark and wait For the spark that once was Between us Love's only cost is Feeling the loss of things that never Leave us So when you're right next to me The miles between go on forever Just remember I will always come find you An...

Hey boys, you better hold real still and don't make a noise What she hears she kills Those little glances, she gives them out all day So don't waste your chances and just let her walk The way she's gonna walk all over you Your jaw is just gonna drop like...

Fire away, I'm up against the wall. And I suppose you wanted this all along. Mmm... It's the look in your eyes. It's the way you don't even try to take a step in my shoes. Fire away, what are you waiting for? Our common ground is not just a dirty floor....

Unexpected, understatement of the year That's for sure Who'd of thought that I'd be standing At your door It's just the way you say my name that throws me All the windows of my past are closing Everything that you see here Is for you from me I give it away so...

They tore my high school to the ground and put a new wing in the east lot On my old parking spot It stands reminding me of how I wish that i could travel back in time Change my state of mind So if you're still in your teens listen to me It's hard to see beyo...

Pretty pictures are hanging on the walls Of a crumbling house that´s just about to fall You wouldn´t know it from the look outside But some things are easy to hide Oh, now they´re kissing that house goodbye Ohooh, ooh, yeah! Kissing that house goodbye...

Can you tell me how we got in this situation I can't seem to get you off my mind All these ups and downs they They trip up our good intentions Nobody said this was an easy ride After all, we're only human Always fighting what we're feeling Hurt instead...

Well I felt it from the moment That you stepped into the light There was absolutely nothing I could do I'd be blessed or I'd be cursed For the rest of my life 'Cause I knew that I was always going to love you I'm going to love you til my dying day I'll...

I gave up a long time ago Trying to find love TV told me it was like the movies But it never was I couldn't beat it or join it So I just avoided it Come what may Then you came And I wanna hold you in my arms I wanna let you break my heart I wanna...

People tell me there will come a time when your heart and mine will grow cold no more staring at the evening sky low replaces high when you're old as long as you're around I'll follow you you won't ever be alone as long as you're around I'll follow you...

In this old cafe I come here everyday and watch you I watch you sometimes I hear your voice over all the noise you bleed through and I hear you Slowly all the faces turn to yours like no one else exists anymore I'd talk to you if only I could speak a...

I love you more than you will ever know I love you no matter what you do I’m gonna hold you as long as you will let me ‘Cause you’re mine, I love you I loved you before I heard ever heard your voice Before I even knew your name I loved you before I saw...

I'm glad i never lived next to the water So I could never get used to the beach And I'm glad I never grew up on a mountain To figure out how high the world could reach I love the miles between me and the city Where I quietly imagine every street And I'm glad I...

My debut's coming soon And you already know what I want to do You got my time on a dotted line But you show up invited but before I sign it Someone say I’m not making mistakes But please don't be fake My debut comes today And my feelings have all run away...

Still waters, heavy hearts Plans we make all fall apart Disillusioned and lost in the gray How can we fix the heart when it breaks? Don't know how much more you can take [Chorus:] Just give it time It's gonna get better Now is not forever at all Just give it...

This is it This time it's really over We look over our shoulders And hesitate We're like a drug We only crave until we have it We're two spoiled fickle addicts Trying to walk away So if there is some way to get you back Some way that I could ask Bab...

Open up the center of my being There's gotta be some room inside of me Im tired of trying to find a way to make it through these endless days Complacency is not enough for me Constant thoughts of where I ought to be plague me How could I be a fool so long when...

All of the signs point all of the voices inside your head are speaking phrases coined by those who say things I've never said all of the cars drive on the other side and we're the only ones burning in their headlights singing maybe it's over but I d...

I hope you know what we both know you're doing Abusing and tearing apart Unaware or carelessly you leavin you weavin lines of broken hearts Unfortunately Nobodys gonna spend the night beside the phone and wait for you to call Nobodys gonna throw their ba...

I might be stupid to think I could buy you dinner when some better man should but here goes my manhood so we order food I can't afford you look so perfect maybe I should talk more I could probably talk more then I kiss you for the first time your lips...

Oh, Jesus Can You hear me now? Oh, Jesus I'm just wondering how I'm doing Am I proving worth All the time You've spent Oh, Jesus I know You're there Oh, Jesus Have You decided where I'm going? You know I was hoping To be with You in the end Oh, c...

VERSE 1 Hearing these words come out your mouth as I'm hold my breath you're holding off just the right time to let your feeling show. Hmmm For reasons that I can't understand to you make sense, you pretend that who I am isn't who you know. Know CH...

I hear the words coming out your mouth As we talk about it once again I can’t believe all the words you said Turned into regret once again So don’t tell me what went wrong To make it feel so wrong once again I had a half a mind to work things out But it’s to...

People doing better People needing more People writing letters People get ignored People saving money And people saving face People going hungry People waste away [Chorus] Needed one reason To live in a world Where nothing is worthwhile 'Till it's gone You sp...

I used to stare up into the sky, And fill the space around with my whys But now I've got it all figured out, And I'm embarrassed that it took me till now, The simple answers in her replies Unlock the universe with her eyes, She rips apart my world with her mo...

She don't know you but she swear she knows your type Got a mouth full of opinions and most are wrong But they all sound right And the ring around her finger is only there for make you Wish you were the one for her So I'm praying to keep me from breaking From...

I wake up cold and sweaty is it morning already? I hate the sun for setting on yesterday when I wrote my feelings on the walls and ceilings like drugs I'm dealing and you just walked away the trees all sway and swing the wind and I are both singing......

Katie stands at the top of the stairs As she's leaving her father stares What has she come to Another boy she runs to tonight Powerless he just shakes his head Disapointed and off to bed He won't be sleeping Cause the hours she's keeping are not right She's a...

Head down as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground Eyes shut, I find myself in love racing the Earth And I'm soaked in your love ,oh And love was right in my path, in my grasp And me and you,belong I wanna run, run smack into you I wanna run, run smac...

You're in my arms, and all the world is gone. The music playing on for only two. So close, together. And when I'm with you So close, to feeling alive. A life goes by, Romantic dreams must die. So I bid mine goodbye And never knew. So close, was waiti...

Autumn never seemed this cold before Here I am sleeping on the floor We changed just like the leaves outside my house And my phone lay silent by the couch I remember June Back when I met you And your eyes were green And we were, too But summer is ove...

Would I know what I know if I didn't know you? Would I see all the colors I see? Would I love as much if The one I was loving wasn't meant for me? Would you say what you say If I wasn't listening? Would you keep more things to yourself? Would you kiss...

Before we lose the light of day Before our words take their place Before the mystery has been erased Let's close our eyes Before we are who we'll become Before it's all been said and done And the truth I will swear upon Fades to lies Let's ignore the...

I've been around for a little over 20 years And to anyone who needs advice on getting here Don't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out That you can lose yourself in all this travelin...

The hair on your shoulders is coming undone. The battle is over and nobody won. Are you happy with what you've become? You better get out of town before you hurt someone. You know what you took, still you're leaving. And I'm making you look but you don't...

I'm not a fool I know all the rules You can't trick me, get one by me There's nothing i haven't seen before How can you be sure you're the only one who's working an angle tonight So if we're gonna play this game look me in the eye and... [Chorus] Tell me you'...

Chorus: Take this broken love, I'm living Take this love i can't stop giving Throw it on The fire Throw it on The fire Throw it on the fire Throw it on the fire 

She has the power with every move she makes To turn my eyes and to turn my fate To be here, to be here But i am a liar The promises i've made have broken down with my broken way but i'll be here, i'll be here And as long as i am I'm gonna throw my love around...

You wanted to see all that I could be in in your life, your life What if I fail though, I forget all the details on what's right, what's right I'm throwing a line, asking for help This is more than I thought I think to myself That living in love is trusting a...

Fourth floor, lonely Juanita, sits there staring at the screen, types in can anybody tell me what it all means, tick-tock waitin' for an answer it's no use and all at once to her suprise, she gets one reply, [Chorus] Until you got love, you know you got nothi...

We're not going forward And we're not going back The only thing before us is Exactly where we're at What should be left unspoken Already left our mouths And hatchets never buried Are just lying around Like an atheist all dressed up In his sunday best...

Come on, come on You have got to move on This is not the you i know This isn't real It's just all you can feel And that's the way that feelings go And whether or not it's right or wrong you'll do what you will do [Chorus] When the cloud in the sky starts to p...

Entering a room on an autumn night I ran across a beautiful sight From that point on when i was not looking at her i said, nothing else looked quite right Now i was not about just to let this go I wasn't gonna leave and not know the way her voice sounded Again...

These days I leave the lights on and the front door open when I sleep I wake up with the night before lingering between my teeth I answer to no one you're gone and I am free and I know I can't live without you now I'm just looking for what we already...

I got a funny feeling, everything's going to be okay All of my worries, suddenly fading away And I just can't stop smiling Ever since I heard the news That you love me, and I love you All of the stars above us They could fall out of the sky and dark cl...

I would never, ever let you go All this fighting's really just a show That we put on behind doors that Everyone knows aren't closed All these eyes are watching in the dark Put in black wholes in the stars We used to think we are all down Into the fellow part,...

And you can never go back Well Jackie you can be anything you want Well that's what they said when you were young But you never been good at movin on Are you still at the corner restaurant Meetin Jamie McKay when you get off Don't you know that it's all a sa...