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Let's Start Again (MP3 Album)

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All songs written by Bap Kennedy.
All lyrics reproduced with the kind permission of Lonely Street Discs
Let’s not talk about the old days
You’ll just make me cry
Sometimes love has no reason
And no rhyme

We have all the things we need
You and I
But baby, baby, we don’t have much time

Let’s just start again,
Let’s start again and leave here tonight
Only take what we can carry
Let’s travel light

This world won’t let me breathe
It was built on lies
Oh baby, baby we don’t have much time

Come on baby this game is lost
There must be something out there
Made just for us

Something that I gotta see
With my own eyes
Oh baby, baby we don’t have much time

We must deal with the past
And then let it go
Get some distance at last
And peace in your soul

All those years I saw right through
That thin disguise
Oh baby, baby we don’t have much time
I see trouble coming down the road
I see trouble coming down the road
What will be will be, It’s got nothing to do with me
I see trouble coming down the road

I’ve got a feeling something’s not right
I’ve got a feeling something’s not right
Something way down deep, I can’t get to sleep
I’ve got a feeling something’s not right

I’ve got a heartache, it won’t go away
I’ve got a heartache, it won’t go away
There is no medicine for the trouble that I’m in
I’ve got a heartache, it won’t go away

I’m waiting for the revelation
Waiting for that storm to break
And I know the day is coming
But all I can do is wait

Until it’s my turn to see the light
Until it’s my turn to see the light
I used to recommend a little poison now and then
Till it was my turn to see the light

Now the dark clouds are rolling in
Now the dark clouds are rolling in
There's an evil breeze moving through the trees
Now the dark clouds are moving in

I’m waiting for the revelation
Waiting for that storm to break
And I know the day is coming
But all I can do is wait

I see an angel coming down the road
I see an angel coming down the road
He came this way before, this time he’s coming with a sword
I see an angel coming down the road

I’m waiting for the revelation
Waiting for that storm to break
And I know the day is coming
But all I can do is wait

I’m waiting for the revelation
Waiting for that storm to break
And I know the day is coming
But all I can do is wait
It was a slow night in a small town
Even the moon was just hanging around
And I couldn’t find a friend
I couldn’t find a friend
Then I saw my baby on the street
She don’t know what she done to me
And she walked on by
I think I’m gonna cry

If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change

If you could see the future it would break your heart
Baby I’m better off in the dark
Just drinking wine
Then you don’t mind

If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change

Baby I can’t go on like this
Living on a precipice
Every day
And here I’ll stay

If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
If things don’t change
This could be my destiny
Maybe I should go
Across the border where I could be
The King of Mexico

I just want an easy life
Let me make it clear
If you don’t like my principles
I’ve got some more over here

It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up
It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up

Tell me things I want to hear
I haven’t got all day
Make me an offer I can’t refuse
I’ll look the other way

It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up
It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up

This could be my destiny
Maybe I should go
Across the border where I could be
The King of Mexico

It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up
It’s just a dream
It’s just a dream
But I can’t wake up
Baby, I didn’t see the time
And I wasted years
That were not mine
I can hardly believe my eyes
At the things I missed
Or let slip by

But I can make the flames
Dance in the fire
And I can sing the song of her desire

Baby, I didn’t hear a word
I was somewhere else
In another world
And it’s hard for me to understand
The rules they make
I can’t read the plan

And I don’t play the game
I’m not a liar
But I can sing the song of her desire

Baby, I’m tired of love
What I did not do and what I’ve done
I was so hard up and beaten down
And I tried to turn this battleship around

I know I need the pain
To feel inspired
So I can sing the song of her desire

And I can make the flames
Dance in the fire
And I can sing the song of her desire
And I can sing the song of her desire
Across space and time they travel at the speed of light
Near some distant star they’re listening to me tonight

On those radio waves, those radio waves carry me
Those radio waves, those radio waves carry me.

I’ve fallen in love but I think I’m over the worst
Music can save you but it might try to kill you first

And those radio waves, those radio waves carry me
Those radio waves, those radio waves carry me.

Moments like these are few and far between
I’m in my element baby, can you hear me

On those radio waves, those radio waves carry me
Those radio waves, those radio waves carry me.
Those radio waves, those radio waves carry me.
Those radio waves, those radio waves carry me.
I’ve got that old
I’ve got that old heart trouble
I’ve got that old
I’ve got that old heart trouble
If you don’t listen to your heart
If you don’t listen to your heart
You get that old heart trouble

I’m gonna jump
I’m gonna jump in the river
I’m gonna jump
I’m gonna jump in the river
If my ship don’t come in
Then I’m just gonna swim
On down the river

Baby no one knows what I’m going through
Everybody loves me except you
What can I do?

Can’t find your way
When you’ve got heart trouble
The darkest day
Is when you’ve got heart trouble
It only takes one
One cloud to block out the sun
When you’ve got heart trouble

Baby no one knows what I’m going through
Everybody loves me except you
What can I do?

Heart trouble!
Heart trouble!
Heart trouble!
Heart trouble!
When trouble comes
And you’re in the dark
And there is no peace
In your heart
Come on over baby
Don’t say a thing
Just put your poor little head
Under my wing

Under my wing Sha la la la
Under my wing
Put your poor little head
Under my wing

When it’s all too much
And you’ve had enough
Of the complications
Of life and love
When you’re punch drunk baby
And the bell won’t ring
Put your poor little head
Under my wing

Under my wing Sha la la la
Under my wing
Put your poor little head
Under my wing

Baby I know
I’ve done some things
I wish I hadn’t but then
I didn’t have these wings

Nothing is certain
Only one thing
So come on over baby
And get underneath my wing

Under my wing Sha la la la
Under my wing
Put your poor little head
Under my wing

Under my wing Sha la la la
Under my wing
Put your poor little head
Under my wing
Well so long, goodbye
I’m moving up the ladder
And I hope that I
Am going somewhere better
But I’m pretty sure I’ll be
On another lonely street
And when I look in the mirror I can see

Some strange kid
Looking back at me
Some strange kid
That’s what I see

Well I tried and tried
And then I tried some more
I was always on the wrong side of the door
That's when unfortunately
I fell into bad company
And when I look in the mirror I can see

Some strange kid
Looking back at me
Some strange kid
That’s what I see

There’s too many ways
To make my poor heart ache
There’s too many clowns
And candles on the cake
Baby I can’t believe
I’m still here in one piece
And when I look in the mirror I can see

Some strange kid
Looking back at me
Some strange kid
That’s what I see

Some strange kid
I’ll always be
Some strange kid
Baby that’s me
Hey baby it’s time
To step up
And takes what’s mine
Say goodbye
To my fool’s paradise
I was right
Down to the wire
I was preaching
To the choir
I was bust
But now it’s just
Day and night

I was happy once
Maybe it was twice
Baby way back when
In my fool’s paradise

Please tell her
I didn’t know
Any better
I was broke
But I’ll get fixed
In the next world
I hope

I was happy once
Maybe it was twice
Baby way back when
In my fool’s paradise
 
Then you came along
And opened my eyes
Now there’s no return
To my fool’s paradise
Oh the weight of history
Drags us down, you and me
When our scores have all been settled
Do you think we will be free?
Empires rise and empires fall
Nothing in this world will last
And the only way is forward
Even God can’t change the past

Let it go, let it go
Let it all melt away like the snow
In your heart you must know
The time has come and gone
Let it go

If your dream has come to nothing
You must find another dream
Leave the other on the mountain
It was never meant to me

Let it go, let it go
Let it all melt away like the snow
In your heart you must know
The time has come and gone
Let it go

Let it go, let it go
Let it all melt away like the snow
In your heart you must know
The time has come and gone
Let it go
When I first met you I was ready to
Give up this life of drinking and a-bummin'
But all my promises
Are a long time a-comin'

Well look at us, sitting on this bus
We're still poor, we're still struggling
Waiting for that lucky break
But it's a long time a-comin'

Up in the blue beyond, 
Above the great divide
Everything can't be wrong

Somebody must be getting it right

Well I'm still me, and I'll never be
A slave to any man or woman
Someday you'll be proud of me
But it’s a long time a-comin' 
Long time a-comin'
A long time a-comin'
I had a dream last night I remembered in the morning
You were with me down by the reservoir
You sang some song as I poured on the petrol
And we danced round the flames
From my guitar

I tried to change but I fell into my old ways
I tried to change
I tried to be someone else
All this time all this time’s not for nothing
I should have known, I should have known
I’m stuck with myself

If I had any sense it would be something
I’ve made mistakes, I’ve made them all
But if I ever get the chance again I’ll take it
Because this world is just too small

I tried to change but I fell into my old ways
I tried to change
I tried to be someone else
All this time all this time’s not for nothing
I should have known, I should have known
I’m stuck with myself
My daddy went to jail
He broke my mama’s heart
When he got back he said we’ll never be apart
Let’s find some place
Let’s go and make some cash
So we loaded up the truck with all our poor white trash
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
 
We came to a crossroads
Mama said - which way?
And I pointed to up Memphis and daddy said ok
So we rolled into town
Expecting more of the same
And down through the boulevard that would carry my name
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
 
I found my voice and I was in demand
Nobody knew what was going on
But the little girls seemed to understand
Somebody took care of business
I did it - everything he said
I got rich and I one day I woke up
And baby I was dead
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for
Shout all you want
It doesn't matter
Don't you know that
I am mostly water
Seventy percent
Don't worry about the rent
The rest of me is finding it harder

Why are you always realistic?
Why do you always go ballistic?
Little things go wrong
We're here and then we're gone
but you go on and on
Come on, come on, come one, now
Shout all you want
It doesn't matter
Don't you know that
I am mostly water
Seventy per cent
Don't worry about the rent
The rest of me is finding it harder

This could be my last day I'm too young
There'll be thousands more just like this one
When little things go wrong
You just go on and on
We're here and then we're gone.
They took Hank Williams to the moon
They took Hank Williams to the moon
Well it seems to me
Instead of world war three
They took Hank Williams to the moon

Elvis was a cold war soldier boy
Elvis was a cold war soldier boy
One dark American night he saw that Russian satellite
Elvis was a cold war soldier boy

You better get it right John Kennedy
You better get it right John Kennedy
Cos if you get it wrong they’re gonna drop the atom bomb
You better get it right John Kennedy

Jim Lovell steely eyed missile man
Jim Lovell steely eyed missile man
They sent him all that way
Still on Navy pay
Jim Lovell steely eyed missile man

They took Hank Williams to the moon
They took Hank Williams to the moon
Well it seems to me
Instead of world war three
They took Hank Williams to the moon
Down in the valley, somebody’s getting ready for a kill
And on the street the marching feet send echoes through the chill
And I’m tryin’ my best to get drunk, because I am unable
To entertain the thought of being sober, and the truth is painful

The light was gone
I heard a song
Come drifting from the park
And round a fire, a drunken choir
Sang softly in the dark

And for a while I felt secure
Like Jesus in the cradle
But I know and I’ve always known
The truth is painful

The word came round you been found, face-down on a street
And so I went to pay respect, and watch your mother weep
She cried so hard she almost died, I turned away and I was grateful
I was glad it wasn’t me, and the truth is painful

I was glad it wasn’t me, an’ the truth is painful
But the truth will set you free
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful.
I know you’re in there somewhere and it’s plain to see
You’re unhappy and the last thing on your mind is me
But when we kissed for the very first time
Was I in your movie or were you in mine?
Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby
 
There’s a bitter moon shining down tonight
We can’t call this love if all we do is fight
But when we kissed for the very first time
Was I in your movie or were you in mine?
Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby
 
But when we kissed for the very first time
Was I in your movie or were you in mine?
Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby
 
You gotta let her know, you gotta tell her so
Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby

You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt baby
Oh yes you do
I've got to get out of this house
Before I hurt you

I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
Well I don't know where I'm going
I just know I have to go

I don't need no company
I want to be alone
I don't need no company
I want to be on my own
You know I feel just like a child
Who doesn't have a home
(chorus)

You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
Jimmy Sanchez
Now the moon and stars have gone
I am helpless
But I will try to carry on
I know I must change

And I curse the boss
Who sent you there and made you stay,
And I would gladly give all the gold in San Jose
Just to hear your voice

Chorus
Because the fires of love, the fires of love
They still burn

In their mansions
Safe tonight behind the door
While I suffer,
I don’t want to suffer any more.
I know I must change

Because the fires of love, the fires of love
They must burn

Jimmy Sanchez
The flames of love will guide you home
To your baby
To everything you’ve ever known

Chorus

Repeat 1st verse
I’ve lived many lives
I’ve heard of many Gods
But I just don’t know
If there’s anyone at all

To be on the safe side
When I’ve had my final day
I have left instructions
To help me on my way

Chorus
Just above my heart
There’s a small tattoo
Please return to Jesus
Thank you

I know I’m a sinner

And I’ve been unkind
But if I had the power
I would heal the blind

Chorus

If miracles came easy
Healing’s all I’d do
And if I had to choose a God
I’d probably choose you

Chorus
One American morning
When I was young
I knew the way
It was there clear as day
And the road I was on

And you were my baby
And we were so close
Now I wander around
Lost in this town
Just like a ghost

I can remember
Falling under a spell
It was so long ago
Now I’m too old for fairytales

Now everything is different
And so much the same
And everyone wants
Just one more chance
And someone to blame

I should know better
But I’m beyond the pale
And I should let go 
Because I’m too old for fairytales.

I’m so tired of chasin'
Fortune and fame
I’m tired of this life
I’m tired of the fight
I’m bored with the game

And once in a blue moon
I go off the rails
And I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.

I can’t be told 
That I’m too old
For fairytales.