From The Vault, Volume 2

I’m Ready

I’m not surprised you’ve given up on me
I’ve messed around too long now
Acting so I can’t be trusted
I’ve told a few good lies, girl….
There were days too drunk to laugh about
I messed around too long now
What can I do to let you know, girl
I’m through with all that stuff now

And somehow….
It’s all right now

* And I’m ready to set it straight
Have some faith
I’m ready….
I’ll make it all up to you
Just come back to me
Wait and see….

Remember when we danced together
That night we met at Josie’s
I knew it then we’d live together
You laughed and said, ‘you’re crazy’
You can’t forget the years we’ve spent now
I’ve loved you for a long while
Plenty times our dreams were real, girl
Remember how you smiled then

Well then
It’s all right now
*
I didn’t realize, oh no
How bad it’s been
I couldn’t recognize
How far I’d gone

It’s all right now
And I’m all right now

I’m ready, and I’m ready to set it straight
Have some faith
I’m ready
I’ll make it all up to you, just come back to me
Wait and see
I’m ready, and I’m ready to set it straight
Have some faith

Can’t make it…….. without you
Can’t make it…….. without love

© Music by James Campeau & Words by DP

Walking On The Wire

From above, I see the crowd
You stand alone, laughing aloud
Straight ahead, I see the rope
The end is distant, small as my hope

* Oh, you got me walking on the wire
I’m getting dizzy from the height
The safety net is made of fire
I’m on the wire

From the start it’s been your game
You made the rules but you would not name them
No turning back, unsteady steps
To win your love puts mine to the test

*
I wear the costume of the clown
I swallow hard and never look down
But in this greatest show of all
I know you’ll catch me if I should fall

Hard to get is just a game you play
I wouldn’t have it any other way

© Music by James Campeau & Words by TR

Never Cry Again

Other lovers have left you to cry
Feeling that you would rather die alone
Love unknown
When I promise to love you forever
Stand beside you and know I will never leave
You don’t believe

Well, can you think of a chance you would rather take
Where we could be in a dream still wide awake
I never thought I could feel the way I do
Or that a love could be real like it is with you

* And now you’ll never cry again
Wipe all your tears away
Our love will never end
Believe me when I say
We’re together and you’ll never cry again

Now you ask me if there is another
I can’t even imagine some other face
In your place
When I’m stroking your hair in the sunlight
I am blinded by you as the one light I see
Close to me

I never thought of a chance I would rather take
I would believe you’re a dream, but I’m wide awake
I never thought I could feel the way I do
Or that love could be real like it is with you

Leaving It Up To You

I don’t have your picture on my wall
And you don’t call my anymore
You and me, we have nothing at all
Just a game, without a score

* So, I’m leaving it up to you
If you can live without me
I can learn to live that way too
I’m leaving it up to you

I drove my car past the county line
But it makes no difference how far I go
No matter what I say or do
I see the same old signs that point to me and you

*
I may have closed the door
But you walked through it long before
No chance for compromise
When good bye’s written in your eyes

God knows how hard I’ve tried
But this love inside just won’t die
So I carry it like a passport in my pocket
And wear it like a locket close to my heart

*
© Music by James Campeau & Words by VB

I’ll Never Be The Same

It started on Friday
A quarter to ten
This Blind Date
My friend had arranged

She lived in Corona
I missed the last exit
Was only
Two hours late

I will never
Be the same
Since I saw her
I’m so insane
She’s the one
I’ve waited for
Oh, I know you’ve heard this before

I used to be
A regular guy
In control
Never a hair out of place
Two weeks later I’m up day and night
Drinking, smoking, just seeing her face

Does she want me? I don’t know
When I called her, she wasn’t home
I will never
Be the same
No, I’ll never
Be the same

Love never fazed me, you might laugh
But it’s true
I was fine on my own
I guess ‘love’ doesn’t mean much at all
Oh no, until it happens to you

I will never
Be the same
Since I saw her
I’m so insane
She’s the one
I’ve waited for
Oh, I know you’ve heard this before

No – I will never be the same

Backstage

Feel the fear rollin’ down the street
Like a gumshoe in a black sedan
You’re on the corner where emotions meet
In the back room holding the loosing hand

Backstage – a city I won’t see
It’s a pity I won’t be there with you
Backstage madness hides
Logic and desire collide

There’s a stranger on a passenger train
And a story unfolding behind his blue eyes
There’s a child running home in the rain
On a mattress the truth is sleeping with a lie

Backstage – a face we never show
A private place where I’ll never go with you
Backstage under exit signs
There’s your secrets and I have mine

There are thoughts that don’t reach our own lips
Feelings seldom seen
No secrets slip
Barbed wire between what we say and mean
It’s subliminal there’s no minimum
A private club and no way to get in
No way to get….

Backstage madness hides
Logic and desire collide
Backstage under exit signs
There’s your secrets and I have mine

Your Love Waits For My Welcome

How can you wait there so long unwelcomed
While I play in and out of dreams
You just stand there like it’s all done
I get two guesses just what that smile means

You know there’s no offense to be made
From something I might have said
My ears hear your heart beat
You see the back of my head

Still your love just waits
Your love just waits for my welcome

You’re like a suitcase in unclaimed freight
And all the while your faith is…. your love waits
I go through self-destruct and some bad luck
I hear you call my name just when I give up

Okay, there’s no fooling you
I just want to fool myself
No matter whatever I do
There’s no approval from you

Your love just waits for my welcome
Your love waits for my welcome