Case And
Davidson's Song Lyrics From
"The Rhythm Of Life" and "Earth Songs"
 |
/ Here On The Edge / Before It's To Late / Open Up Your Heart / Suspicious Of You / Don't say Goodbye / The Rhythm Of Life / I Hope they Say Good Things About
Me / Stereo /
Did you think it would be easy / Souvenirs / Jolie Louise
/ Flyfishing / Fly
With Me / Diamonds in the sand
Don't Say Goodbye
Words & Music by Billy Davidson
CP 1997, No Clues Music (BMI)
Someday I may finally
find the words to say
And tell you just how much you really mean to me
I can't tell you just how much I love you, babe
Sometimes I just find the words get in my way
How could I have been so wrong
To lead you on this way so long
Don't say goodbye
I know I might have been a fool
But I can make it up to you
Don't say goodbye
I got right down on my knees and began to pray
That you could find it in your heart to forgive me
It might appear it'd be so much easier
To say goodbye, don't say goodbye
I know we've had our ups and downs
But we can go another round
We've been so long together
There's no storm that we can't weather
Return to Lyrics
Here On The Edge
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997, Trout Tunas (BMI)
Here on the edge
You can get anything
You can stay up all night
Till you hear the birds sing
Trade the light for the black
Go too far and you'll never come back
Out here, I can get anything
Out on this ledge
I can't feel anything
I've been numb so long
I'm just an empty space
It's in your spirit
It's what happened to you
My balance gone
And I'm going too
Out here, I can lean either way
I just could not stay there no more
Had to pack my feelings
And close the door
But I can remember when
Life was sweet
Now I'm back, here on the edge
Here in this place
Away from anything safe
So far from here
Where fear is the final frontier
Take the white into the black
I've gone too far, never going back out here
I can get anything
(Chorus)
Return to Lyrics
Before It's Too Late
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997, Trout Tunas (BMI)
We're starting to see
The dark things in the world
That they said would happen
And ruin the planet come true
You can see it on the land
And in the air, in the water
What are we gonna' do
And everybody talks about it
Studies it, makes it number one
Nothing ever gets done
And as the world goes down the drain
You learn to live with the pain
Will destruction be our fate
Better wake up, before it's too late
We're starting to see
The bright lights in this world disappear
And they might never come back
As the little things disappear
As the white turns to black
And everybody sees it happen
But what do they care
Nothing ever gets done
(Chorus)
We just gotta get it together
With every day there comes some hope
This planet just can't wait
Better wake up, better wake up
Before it's too late
Return to Lyrics
Open Up Your Heart
Words & Music by Billy Davidson
CP 1997, No Clues Music (BMI)
The earth, it slowly spins
I'm wonderin' where you are
You won't let me in
Open up your heart
She's sailin' towards some western sun
Lookin' for some peace of mind
And I'd do anything
Open up your heart
I hear you finally packed it in
Lookin' for another start
Don't rush into anything
Open up your heart
I'll be here to let you in
If you let me be a part
When you get your second wind
Open up your heart
Every waking hour
My mind comes back to you
And every sleepless night
This heart can share with you
The world keeps on spinnin' round
I'm wonderin' where you are
You won't let me in
Open up your heart
Return to Lyrics
Suspicious Of You
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997, Trout Tunas (BMI)
Lying here, dreamin' of you
Wonder where you are
Wonderin' what you're doin'
I get scared sometimes
As the lights flash the curtains, wonder, is it you
Has this love passed us by
Has the feeling died
I think the worst sometimes
And you know that I love you
Maybe even more
But my heart gets so heavy
Everytime you close the door
I don't want to own you
Or split this love in two
But I just can't live my life
Suspicious of you
When we're lying here, face to face
When you leave this home
Create this empty space
I can't believe sometimes
Is there a future here, or should I go
Something to believe in
Will this love grow
I have such faith sometimes
(Chorus - twice)
Return to Lyrics
The Rhythm Of Life
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997 Trout Tunas (BMI)
Open up, don't you hide
Step out from the dark, let the light inside
If someone hurt you, just remember this
You don't have to forget, but you can forgive
Drop that baggage, it's too hard to hold
Gonna keep carryin' that weight around
It'll rip up your soul
Hear me out, and let me in
I don't really care wherever you've been
Don't let heartache get in your way
Close the door and please, please stay
Open up, don't you hide
Open the door, let a friend inside
Open up, and lose your strife
You can find your heart in the rhythm of life
Return to Lyrics
I Hope They Say Good Things About Me
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997 Trout Tunas (BMI)
I've always tried to
walk a straight line
Never tried to hurt no one
I always tried to steer a straight course
Never took what wasn't mine
I've been illegal, but only hurt myself
Get a little crazy, make my rules
Days of glory and moments of grace
See this life upon my face
I have always tried to be
The kind of man I hoped I'd be
I hope they say good things about me
When I'm not there
I hope they separate the fiction from the fact
I hope they say good things about me
When they talk behind my back
I have stumbled and I have fallen
Pick me up, brush me off
Do a little better every day
Isn't that what life is
(Chorus)
Return to Lyrics
Stereo
Words & Music by Paul Case
CP 1997, Trout Tunas (BMI)
I've had this same dream for so many years
To hear this special sound in both of my ears
Turn it on and crank it up
I'm in trouble when I'm hearing double
When I come home late from the show
I'm hoping that all systems are go
Those days of mono, a thing of the past
Put another record on the pornograph
Stereo, here in my head
Stereo, here in my bed
Stereo, forget your fears
I hear sweet music in both of my ears
It's not a sin, just plug it in
Stereo
Turn them around, I'm wired for sound
Stereo
Some people may say it's not right
But I could listen to them sounds all night
I don't care what people may say
I'll take stereo everyday
Stereo, here in my head
Stereo, here in my bed
Stereo, forget your fears
I hear sweet music in both of my ears
Stereo
Return to Lyrics
Did You Think It Would Be Easy
Words & Music by David Goodman
CP 1996, David Goodman Music (BMI)
used by permission
If you don't wanna talk about it baby, well that's all right
I don't wanna see the dream we used to believe in die
We've seen a lot of heartbreak, some hard times
Sometimes it's hard to leave 'em all behind
Makin' a dream come true
Did you think it would be easy
Did you think it wouldn't take a little
Heart, work and time seeing us through
Did you think it would be easy
Makin' a dream come true
I know I'm not the shining example I used to be
You spent a lot of the young girl in you on me
But we still have the moonlight
And the rest of the night
Makin' a dream come true
(Chorus)
You don't want to talk about it baby, well that's all right
But here alone in the quiet, I was thinkin' we might
Pick up the pieces and run with 'em
See what magic can be done with 'em
Trying to make this dream
Makin' a dream come true
(Chorus)
Return to Lyrics
Souvenirs
Words & Music by Gretchen Peters
CP 1991 Sony Cross Keys Publishing (ASCAP
I set out like Kerouac
In my American car
Carryin' a dream and a road map
Deep in my American heart
But where's those mountain majesties
Where's those waves of grain
Billboards from sea to shining sea
Man, that ain't the same
They've got Mount Rushmore on a cup
Everyone needs one of those
For a dollar more they'll fill it up
You can drink out of Lincoln's nose
They've got the Hard Rock tee shirts
They got Elvis too
Sooner or later, mark my words
They're gonna get you
I've been searching for the promised land
But it's just another neon, come on, roadside stand
Little tin toys that fall apart
That's all we got here
I've come all this way to find my heart
All I get is souvenirs
Baby, I believed in you
I thought you believed in me
I thought we had a love so true
Not a close facsimile
Now I don't want your dime store ring
Only turns my finger green
And I don't want your dime store love
I want the real thing
(Chorus)
Jolie Louise
Words and Music by Daniel Lanois
CP 1989, Upala/Hamstein (BMI)
Translation by Richard Hession
Ma Jolie, how do you do
Mon nom est Jean-Guy Tivoleur
(my name is Jean-Guy Tivoleur)
I come from east of Betse Nom
My name is Jean-Guy, Ma Jolie
(my name is Jean-Guy, my pretty one)
J'ai une maison a La Fontaine
(I have a house in La Fontaine)
Where we can live, if you'll marry me
Une belle maison a La Fontaine
(A beautiful house in La Fontaine)
Where we will live, you and me
Oh Louise, ma Jolie Louise, ma Jolie Louise
Tous les matins au soleil
(every morning at sunrise)
I will work, till work is done
Tous les matins au soleil
I did work, till work is done
And one day, the foreman
Said Jean-Guy, we must let you go
Et puis mon nom, y est pas bon
(and then my name is no good)
I can't live anymore
Oh Louise, I'm losing my head, I'm losing my head
My kids are small, four and three
Et la bou teille, c'est mon amie
(and the bottle is my friend)
I drink the rum till I can't see
It hides the shame Louise does not see
A carousel turns in my head
I can't hide, oh no, no, no, no
And the rage turned in my head
And Louise, I struck her down
Down to the ground
I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my mind
En Septembre soixante-trois
(in September of '63)
The kids are gone and so is Louise
Oh daddy, oh, he did go
Near la ville de Toronto
(near the city of Toronto)
Now my tears, they roll down
Tous les jours, Ahhh....
(tears everyday)
And I remember the days
And the promises that we made
Oh Louise, ma Jolie Louise, ma Jolie Louise
Step into the stream
, just like in my dream
Feel the water flow, Brother don't you know I'm in ecstasy
Hoping I can see, this miracle here for me
mayflies in the air, I match their life with steel and hair
I'm fly-fishing, fly-fishing
I've got my hat my
bamboo and creel
Throw my life line, that fills my reel
To the ring of the rise I throw
Set my nook and off we go
I'm fly-fishing, fly-fishing
The reel is burning
my hearts on fire
He fights so brave then he starts to tire
One more leap then he surrenders to me
To release this fish, Is to set me free
I'm fly-fishing, I'm fly-fishing
Words and Music By Paul Case © 1993 Paul Case Music
Dedicated Dresser to my hero and idol Eric gave me the gift of fly saved and
fishing that has changed my life, Thank you my True Friend...Paul
Words and Music By Steve Holly ® 1993 Steve Holly Music
Feel the wind rush by your ears
While the minutes melt the years
It's all right, time won't mindAnd the sky becomes your friend
Hill and stream dissolve and blend
It's all right, earth won't mindFly with me, high above
the land and sea Fly with meFrom above it's clear to me
Why the eagle must be free
It's all right, feels like meNatural and meant to he
Earth and sky they sing to me
It's all right, sounds like meFly with me, high above
the land and sea Fly with meI came to Steve with the idea of a song about my experience with ultra-light flying,Thank you Steve for writing this song that means so you much to me.
PS: This song is dedicated to Don "No Clues" Blank for teaching me to fly....and live "life"
- Billy
Concert/Tour Schedule, / Biography / Info on Venues / The Florida Keys / Current Projects / Lyrics / Favorite Sites / Ordering/Mailing List / Photos for the fridge / Discography / Merchandise / Can we talk? / News ,Blues & Reviews / Flyfishing / The Adirondacks / Songlist /Home Sweet Home/
Copyright 1998 All
rights reserved
Created by Billy Davidson
Last revised: July 18, 2002