Die For

Die For

You know your just like me
You know we've got much to be thankful for
You know you like your freedom
You know you don't know what your looking for

You got so much time babe
To make more mistakes than you can afford
Oh babe please untie me
Go outside babe go now unlock the door

If it was up to me now
Set you free
I won't lie to you baby

If it was up to me now
Set you free
I won't lie to you baby
Die for you baby

You get so damned frightened
When your closets open clothes on the floor
Go throw your life away
Go and hide babe, I know you've done before

If it was up to me now
Set you free
I won't lie to you baby

If it was up to me now
Set you free
I won't lie to you baby
Die for you baby
Die for you baby

If it was up to me
I'd set you free
I won't lie to you
If it was up to me now
I'd set you free
I won't lie to you

You know your just like me
You know we've got much to be thankful for

Tuesday

Come this Tuesday I'm through
I learned the hard way it's true
It took so long for me to face
No longer happy being displaced, hey, hey, hey

Everything I thought I knew
I didn't know
Everything I used to do was just for show
I'm a baby in this world of woe

And I'm starting from scratch

Cause I'm leaving the past alone

Come this Tuesday, I'm done
Cause I can start to see the sun
It took so long for me to wait
Finally facing my mistakes, hey, hey, hey

Everything I thought I knew
I didn't know
Everything I used to do was just for show
I'm a baby in this world of woe
And I'm starting from scratch
Cause I'm leaving the past alone

By Dan Zweben & Jack Livesey

Safe With Me

Safe With Me

N. Cohen/D. Zweben (2008)

You have no worries

I can assure you

I’m not going away

Cause in the past

I was a little shaky

That was yesterday

Now I’m settling down with you

And I won’t be afraid

Whatever this life brings

You’ll be safe with me

Cause when I say I do

You’ll know what I mean to say

Cause every single day

You’ll be safe with me

You’ll be safe with me

We hit a rough patch

Now it’s green grass

Rolling in the sun

You’re the one that I wish to be with

When the day is done

Now I’m settling down with you

And I won’t be afraid

Whatever this life brings

You’ll be safe with me

Cause when I say I do

You’ll know what I mean to say

Cause every single day

You’ll be safe with me

You’ll be safe with me

Now I’m settling down with you

And I won’t be afraid

Whatever this life brings

You’ll be safe with me

Cause when I say I do

You’ll know what I mean to say

Cause every single day

You’ll be safe with me

You’ll be safe with me

You’ll be safe with me

Talkin Robertson Blues

I saw her talking to the walls
Heard her singing in the street
Saw her walking back and forth
Between you and me

I knew she must have had it hard
As a child without a dad
No one seemed to understand

She finds refuge in the bars
When her life is in repeat
The sirens in my head go off

Sing me something soft and sweet
Sing to me so I can understand, again
Make me laugh or make me long
I can't find nothing that is wrong, my friend

I saw her drinking too much wine
Saw a stranger saw a fool
Not the girl I met, years ago in Toronto
I knew it must have been her past
Creepin up the interstate
Ain't it hard just to relate

Now she's talking to the gods
And she starts to make a scene
The lions in her head go off

Sing me something soft and sweet
Sing to me so I can understand, again
Make me laugh or make me long
I can't find nothing that is wrong, my friend

Baby have no shame, it doesn't really matter again

Baby there's no blame, I couldn't ask for more from a friend

Sing me something soft and sweet
Sing to me so I can understand, again
Make me laugh or make me long
I can't find nothing that is wrong, my friend

Lyrics By Dan Zweben & Brian Lapin

When It's Just Right

When It's just right
You know it's for sure
You wake up at night
You walk out the door

Nothing is wrong
Look at my face
Love isn't longing for
Something to change
You know what I think
You know what I'd say
If you went away

Don't leave, this town
No reason to stay
Don't leave, me now,
if you went away

Rains coming down
No one is home
I Get so tired sometimes
Being alone
I walk down the street
Hoping to meet
Maybe its you, my love, all that I need
Nothings for sure
Just have to wait

Don't leave, this town
No reason to stay
Don't leave me now
if you went away

La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La, La, La

Don't leave, this town
Be no reason, to stay, hey, hey
Don't leave, me now,
If you went away
If you went away
If you went away
If you went away

You Don't Have To Love Me

You Don't Have To Love Me

It's ok to let go

I'll be fine on my own

You don't have to love me

Leave the keys by the door

You won't need them anymore

You don't have to love me

We don't have so long

Blink and it's all gone

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

Those nights we couldn't sleep

Those ends we couldn't meet

You don't have to love me anymore

Hear you talking on the phone

Never knew you felt so all alone

We don't have so long

Blink and it's all gone

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

There's only so much to say

Than it's time to walk away

You don't have to love me

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

I know this is, I know this is, I know this is goodbye

old writing books

I was going to copy something from a book
I used to write in, where I used to keep my dark secrets
But the secrets have changed and most are forgotten
And life is contained to a world so far from that place
So why hold on to the memories? feelings don't change
But with time brings death and more than you can imagine
A life only known by experience, so live!

DZ

Beyond The Borders

Beyond The borders of intimacy
I'd cross the Windsor Line
No one said it would be easy
Maybel we'll meet at the Daily News
Never been a fiance, a serenade, Angelic,
Never been in just one place,
The tollways familiar as motel rates

DZ