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LIVE: IN SYNDICATION (2006)
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
CLEVER GIRL
YIELD (LONG ROAD BACK)
LIVE: IN SYNDICATION
SEVENTEEN
BOOGEYMAN
LINE UP
ELLE KEDWARD (BLAIR WITCH CULT)
GET UP, GET OUT (LIVE)
WINTER RAIN
IN THE EYES OF A HURRICANE
THE LAST EMPTY PAGE
ELLE KEDWARD (REPRISE)
 
 
Recorded January-February 2006
Seagul Productions - Denver, CO
Except "Boogeyman", and "If I Had A Gun"
"Get Up, Get Out" Recorded Live, March 2006
at Main Street Tavern - Littleton, CO
All music & lyrics written & produced by Robert J. Doran
(BMI) © 2006. BOBBY DORAN MUSIC
All Rights Reserved


PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
The day was long, and now I'm planning on
Taking a load off me
Yes, it's about that time that we all free our minds
So the weight of the world will leave
Take a deep, deep breath, pass it to the left
And leave your troubles at the door
Oh, for goodness sake, it's only half past eight
And I'm passed out on the floor
 
We had a real good time, but I took it too far
Now I'm a zombie, creepin' all around
Yeah, we had a real good time, leaping out of our minds
And the morning tells the tales of punch drunk love
 
When I saw you stare, I said 'this isn't fair'
Cause I'm just too trashed to say a word
But when you called my name, I said 'this ain't my day'
Cause that's about the last thing I heard
 
We had a real good time, but I took it too far
Now I'm a zombie, creepin' all around
Yeah, we had a real good time, leaping out of our minds
And the morning tells the tales of punch drunk love
 
I said this isn't fair
The way you're standing there
In the devil's boots
Under angel hair
With your low-cut shirt
And your low-riders
I said it's just not fair
I said it's just not fair
 
We had a real good time, but I took it too far
Now I'm a zombie, creepin' all around
Yeah, we had a real good time, leaping out of our minds
And the morning tells the tales of punch drunk love

 
CLEVER GIRL
Clever girl
Everything's so easy when you have all the world
Underneath your fingertip is your whole life
Staring back to you along the way
Clever girl
Hard to understand how you have all the world
Soft between your hands
I'm thinking you don't know what it means to be alone today
 
All the pieces fall in line the way you want them to
Always the perfect time to say goodbye
Where did I go wrong?
Clever girl
 
Clever girl
Everything's so easy when you have all the world
Never shed a tear
Cause baby, there's no time when everyone is at your feet for you
 
All the pieces fall in line the way you want them to
Always the perfect time to say goodbye
Where did I go wrong?
Clever girl
 
Show me what to do
When will I be over you?
I'd give the world to be clever too
 
Clever girl
Swinging from a magic wand, she has all the world
One flick of the wrist
And you'll see you'll see your life crawling back to you along the way
 
All the pieces fall in line the way you want them to
Always the perfect time to say goodbye
Where did I go wrong?
Clever girl
 
Show me what to do
Oh, when will I be over you?
I'd give the world to be clever too

 
YIELD (LONG ROAD BACK)
Pulled around the drive, I think it's time to get on the road
It may take a couple days, or so, I pray you're all alone
Ticking clocks, I'd better not waste the hours away
Hurry up, don't screw it up, there's too much daylight to save
Could you save me?
 
Wherever you are, wherever you've gone
I have been waiting here too long
Give me a sign, you will be mine
Never in someone elses arms
 
I remember Saturdays
I'd stay up late to hear you breathe in your sleep
But Sunday morning
Hasn't been the same without you here with me
Wishing wells, they never tell
Shooting stars are too far away for wishing on
Messages in bottles break
Sinking all the things that I should say to you
 
Wherever you are, wherever you've gone
I have been waiting here too long
Give me a sign, you will be mine
Never in someone elses arms
 
On the dash, a photograph
And that's all that I ever had
Cause all the memories fade away so fast, so fast
Now there ain't no turning back
This time I'm gonna make it up to you
It's the least that I could ever do
 
I have been waiting here too long
Just give me a sign, you will be mine
Never in someone elses arms
C'mon, pick up the phone
I know you're home
I've come so far
Oh, well, I should've known
I should've known you wouldn't last the photographs
It's gonna be a long road back
 
 
LIVE: IN SYNDICATION
Living the same old story over and over again
A million moving pictures show me where I've been
I want to see the future scenes
I want the in between
And do what I please, when I want
Anytime I want to breathe
Or take me back to the start
 
Is there nothing left to say
When you're syndicated every day?
Soon to fade away
 
Waking up to the same old A.M. radio
Another daytime drama, welcome to the show
I want the close-ups that you stole away
I want another role
 
And do what I please, when I want
Anytime I want to breathe
Or take me back to the start
 
Is there nothing left to say
When you're syndicated every day?
Soon to fade
 
Were the best days of my life stolen away from me?
Inside this screaming roller-coaster
I never made the most of anything
But I wanna do this right
I don't wanna waste my life in syndication
Final destination, now there's no way out
 
Tracing my steps to where I've been
But I've seen it all before, and I fall back again
Is there more between these tiny lines?
Could I find my own way out this time?
 
All the best days of my life, stolen away from me
Inside this screaming roller-coaster
Never made the most of anything
I just wanna do this right
I don't wanna waste my life in syndication
Final destination, now there's no way out
 
Leave me still, the world is turning
Keeps on turning round and round
And my whole world, it keeps on turning
Keeps on turning, round and round
 
 
SEVENTEEN
Everybody's got their secret crush
But they never read the book on how to love
Everybody tells me she's a whore
But easy on the eyes, and so adored
Every day she walks my way
But she never says a word
I thought one day, for shure, she would
 
We were seventeen
And we all know what it means to be in love
For the first time, with everyone you see
We were seventeen
 
Invitations folded up with hearts
I should've known you liked me from the start
Now I question all the rumors that I've heard
They don't hold any water to her words
Across the room, in sweet purfume
But we never say a word
I thought one day, for shure, she would
 
We were seventeen
And we all know what it means to be in love
For the first time, with everyone you see
We were seventeen
Seventeen
 
Everyone knows that you want me
And now my heart is pounding
The world around me screams your name
Still, we never say a word
I'm thinking maybe the feelings mutual
And it's time for coming clean
At seventeen
 
BOOGEYMAN
Hope is lost
And I've got no reason
An echo from the past has got me down
With my fingers crossed
In a dying season
The devil will pull me closer to the ground
Inside, a lie that eats me alive
Tomorrow could be the day I die
The horror show that plays before my open eyes a hundred times
 
Scared to death there's nothing left to love before my eyes
Will all the monsters underneath my bed come alive?
 
Do you hide beneath the sheets?
Do you cry yourself to sleep?
 
Skeletons
Inside my head
Cover my ears, but nothing stops the noise
Use my own two hands to dig my grave
Empty bottles pave the way
The poison that I can never escape, there's nothing left for me to save
 
Scared to death there's nothing left to love before my eyes
Will all the monsters underneath my bed come alive?
 
Do you hide beneath the sheets?
Do you cry yourself to sleep?
Oh, no, your silent screams
Good god, unbreak these dreams
 
Quit all the drugs that I've been on
But you see they never did me any harm
You make me feel like I'm no good
But it's always been my fault you would
You would, yeah
 
I'm scared to death there's nothing left to love before my eyes
Will all the monsters underneath my bed come alive?
Do you hide beneath the sheets?
Do you cry yourself to sleep?
Oh, no, you silent screams
Good god, unbreak my dreams
Brace the skeletons inside my head 
 
 
LINE UP
I searched my whole life to find you
Though I’d never seen your face
I might have seen your name
Buried on this empty page in bold
You know
Did you know you paint the sky blue?
You make me happy when it rains
And now I just wanted
To hear the same words come from you, my dear
It’s okay
 
Take a long look at my face
Cause you’ll never find somebody quite the same as me
You know I’d walk a thousand miles
Doesn't it speak to you?
That it’s not my style, make up your mind
All those other guys, they can all get in line
They’ll never make you feel the way I do
 
It’s nice to know you’re not some fool
I’ve been with many in my day
They promise the best, you see
But nothing in this world comes for free
Not for me
 
So, I’ve seen all those other guys
Look at them trying to buy you your whole life
A half a million roses just won’t do
Doesn’t it speak to you?
That it’s not my style, make up your mind
All of those other guys, they can all get in line
Cause they’ll never make you feel the way I do
No, they’ll never make you feel the way I do
 
When I feel lost inside all of your madness, it’s alright
Honey, make up your mind
Would you turn your head
When I turn my head right back to you?

Take a long look at my face
Cause you’ll never find someone quite the same as me
You know I’d walk a thousand miles
Doesn’t it speak to you
That it’s not my style, make up your mind
All of those other guys can get in line
No, they'll never make you feel the way I do
No, they’ll never make you feel the way I do
No, they’ll never make you feel
They can never make you feel
They can never make you feel the way I do

ELLE KEDWARD (BLAIR WITCH CULT)
Don't you, don't you, don't you feel like it's over?
Don't you, don't you feel like it's over?
Don't you, don't you, don't you feel like it's over?
Leave me here to die for all my sins
One day I will rise to live again
Beware, beware
 
My feet will never touch the ground
The trees have eyes from all around
40 years, all children here my call
The day has come
 
Blood is running red, come if you dare
You can smell the death that fills the air
Beware, beware
 
The hour's growing nearer
Bring the witching hour upon this town
40 years, all children hear my call
My day has come
 
Poison the water
All men will fear to tread
I feast on these poor souls
Troubled waters lie ahead
The day has come, the day has come
 
Beware, beware the warning signs of sticks and stones
Like ornaments, hung all around
Howling with the wind, I haunt the world
You dare to fear the huntress
Cast black-magic spells, all bleed into the ground
40 years, all children hear my call
The day has come again
Oh, don't you, don't you, don't you feel like it's over?
Don't you feel like it's over?
 
 
*IF I HAD A GUN
I'm gonna buy a gun , I'm gonna start a war
Gonna pull the trigger, watch them fall
If I could find a knife, I'm bound to take a life
Bound to take this out on anyone
If I can dig a hole, then I would climb inside
Dancing as the mountains crumble down
If I could have the wheel, pedal to the floor
Send the tires screaming off the road, we fall
 Not a thing in the world that matters
Not a thing at all
 
If I could have a lighter, I'm gonna start a fire
Choke upon the ashes, everyone
So give me a grenade, I'll blow it all away
Promising you won't feel a thing at all
Not a thing in the world that matters
Not a thing at all
I'm picking up the gun
Starting up the war
No one's gonna laugh at me no more

You can't run, you can't hide
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me alive
Look it's me laughing now
I'm the one who'll be laughing while you cry out
 
Not a thing in the world that matters
Not a thing at all
I'm picking up the gun
Starting up the war
No one's gonna laugh at me no more
Picking up the gun
Starting up the war
No one's gonna laugh at me no more
You can't run, you can't hide
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me alive
 
 
*BELIEVE
Don't look back
Now that the tide is rolling in
There's no time to think of all that could have been
Here and now
We're never gonna live again
One of a kind, still finding who we are
We'll never be lonely
If you just find out what you want
We'll never be holding back
This heart attack keeps me on my feet
 
And now I find out where I started from
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
Fallin' down, but I won't give up, I've just begun
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
 
Don't look back
All of the emptiness you left far behind you
There's no space to weigh you down
Taking down
All of the memories you kept
Take a long, hard look at all you've been
We'll never be lonely
If you just find out what you want
We'll never be holding back
This heart attack sweeps me off my feet
 
And now I find out where I started from
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
Fallin' down, but I won't give up, I've just begun
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
Take a glance at your last chance
The time is now, believe
Believe, believe we'll make it out alive
 
We'll never be lonely
If you just find out what you want
We'll never be holding back
This heart attack sweeps me off my feet
 
And now I find out where I started from
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
Can't stop from fallin' down, but I won't give up, I've just begun
I need to find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
Find me something to believe in 'fore it's done
So, come on, take a glance at your last chance
The time is now, believe
 
 
GET UP, GET OUT (LIVE)
If the sky turned to gray, would you phase it out?
And if the tides begin to raise, would you wait it out?
 
Would you light it up, let it in, burn it out?
Freedom rings, gonna scream it out loud
Need a taste, need a long, long look around
Get up and get out, get out of here
 
Someone save me from myself
Pick me up and put me down somewhere else
Help me get out
 
And if you were a cloud, would you open up?
And if you were the ground, would you soak it up?
 
Would you light it up, let it in, burn it out?
Pouring over the sides of my mouth
I need a taste, need a long, long look around
Get up and get out, get out of here
 
Someone save me from myself
Pick me up and put me down somewhere else
Help me get up, and get out
Get up, get out
 
I feel safe for now
I felt safe, oh when I had you
But now I'm lonely, so alone, my girl
Crazy for you, so crazy for what you put me though
This soul machine sends me for a turn
Don't look now, cause I won't look down
I'm so high, so afraid, one day I'll hit the ground
Hold my hand, you're driving me crazy
Don't let go, won't you be my baby
Please? Let's dance away from this place
We can fall in love anytime we feel it
I think I feel it now
 
If you lose your way, would you make it up?
And if you lose your mind, would you suck it up?
 
Light it up and let it in and burn it out
Freedom rings, gonna scream it out loud
Need a taste, need a new way to look around
Gotta get the fuck outta this town
Light it up, let it in, burn it out
Spilling over the sides of my mouth
Need a taste, need a long, long look around
Get up and get out, get out of here
 
Someone save me from myself
Pick me up and put me down somewhere else
You'll never get up, never get out
You'll never get up, no, never get out
You'll never get up, never get out
You'l never get up, get out, get up, get out
 

WINTER RAIN
I took my last breath when you took my breath away
Flowers have all wilted, still you lay them on my grave
You said goodbye and took my smile away with you
Now I’m left under this winter rain
 
Why do I go on like this, am I the one to blame?
The world is on my shoulders, to my feet a ball and chain
Now that all the color in my life has turned to gray
Leave me here to die under the rain
Let the raindrops hit my face
I can’t feel them anyway
All my feelings are misplaced
Disappeared from me one day
The day you left me in the rain
Drowning in this endless sea you’ve made
 
Mail me every picture that you’ve cut away my face
Break up boxes all need to be burned or locked away
Wake me up when there’s no emptiness to fill
Save me from the pouring winter rain
Let the raindrops hit my face
I can’t feel them anyway
All my feelings are misplaced
Disappeared from me one day
The day you left me in the rain
Drowning in this endless sea you’ve made
Save me from the pouring winter rain
I’m dying in this pouring winter rain
 
 
IN THE EYES OF A HURRICANE
Pain comes easy, and so colorful
Cold like the winds roll over me
Say you need me, I'm so gullible
To think that you really care of how I breathe
 
Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of blinding light
In the eyes of an endless hurricane
Tossing me around, only to bring me down again
 
Don't look down, I've got so much time to fall
But there's not enough for these wounded wings to mend
Flying blind, a broken mirrorball in the sky
Screaming, 'these days can never end'
 
Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of
Aeroplanes crashing the smiles and cries of a hopeless phase
Tossing me around, only to bring me down again
 
Never too late, I couldn't break apart again
Scraping the stars, back to the start
Inside, all the memories come alive
Falling apart, I'm still shining
Take my chances, I can't chance it
I'm still bleeding, you're still leading
Yet, I let my heart decide
 
The sun is shining, but our worlds colliding
In the dark, dull light, revive my life
The sun still shining, and our worlds colliding
To the dark, dull light, revive my life

Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of suicide
See how many times I can die away, I can die away
And now falling apart, scraping the stars
Never too late, never too far
To toss me around, only to bring me down again
 
 
THE LAST EMPTY PAGE
Find the missing pages in my life
I've looked everywhere, there's not a thing in sight
Stories of the days when I was young
All the in between still somewhere on my tongue
 
Paperback is all I have to sell
The cover's kind of worn to ring a bell
Dance around the subject, keep it still
But never stir it up, there's too much time to kill
 
I don't mind
It's alright
All the pieces will come in time
I don't know; Don't let go
It's the story of my life
 
Sometimes I think my life could write itself
Hang my sould to dry upon the dusty shelf
I could sit and let my life unfold
Imagine the story that could be told
 
I don't mind
It's alright
All the pieces will come in time
I don't know; Don't let go
It's the story of my life
Yeah, I don't mind
 
It's alright, it's alright
It's alright when all these empty pages fill my mind
Cover to cover, re-write these lines
It's alright
I don't mind
All the pieces will come in time
I don't know; Don't let go
It's the story, it's the story of my life
It's alright, cause all the pieces will come in time
I don't know; Don't let go
It's the story, it's the story of my life
It's alright, it's alright
It's the story of my life
 
ELLE KEDWARD (REPRISE)
Instrumental
 
 
 
*"If I Had A Gun" & "Believe" included
on original release
 
BOBBY DORAN - LIVE: IN SYNDICATION (2006)
All songs written by Robert J. Doran (BMI)
© 2006. BOBBY DORAN MUSIC
All Rights Reserved

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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