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Same Moon

Same Moon
Lyrics

All Songs Written By Chris Mitguard
Copyright 2002 Snakes Alive Publishing (BMI)

Cry Me A River

Sometimes when you're down on me, I just want to run and hide
I can't make it better no matter how hard I try
You walk ahead of me out there on the trail, won't even look me
   in the eye
I can't make it better no matter how hard I try

Chorus:
I could cry me a river, panic and run
I just want to be with you until my days are done

Sometimes it's so easy, we just glide through the air
I wake up beside you and I'm so glad that you're there
You don't know how much I respect you, you're so smart
   and so wise
Then I wake up beside you and I realize . . .

Chorus

We drink the same poison, we pay the same fines
We speak each other's language, and we can read each
   other's minds
I wish you'd wear that sexy little dress and you wish
   I'd fix my hair
(Cause it's always such a mess)
Maybe someday we'll get past all of this . . .
And maybe we won't

Chorus

Stranger In My Heart

I try to keep up, try to keep the faith
I'm walkin' down the road, babe, tryin' to find my own way
But there's a stranger in my heart, I want you to love me
   like you always did
Somewhere inside me, babe, I'm still the same old kid
But there's a stranger in my heart
There's a stranger in my heart

Chorus:
There's a stranger in my heart where I used to rule
Sometimes he makes me look like such a fool
Sometimes his words are cold and he is cruel
There's a stranger in my heart

He just moved in there like he owned the place
Rearranged the furniture and he stole all my grace
There's a stranger in my heart
He doesn't know how to treat you, doesn't know what to say
Doesn't want to face you, babe, he'd rather walk away
There's a stranger in my heart
There's a stranger in my heart

Chorus

Well, I'm gonna go down and get him, gonna make him leave
Give him his walkin' papers, babe, so I can finally breathe
There's a stranger in my heart
I want you to love me like you always did
Somewhere inside me, babe, I'm still the same old kid
But there's a stranger in my heart
There's a stranger in my heart

Chorus

Done Is Done

When you lie and hide away
Make your baby cry 'cause you can't stay
You never wanted to hurt anyone
But life is hard and what's done is done

When you leave all your past behind
Those unpaid tickets, those unpaid fines
You never wanted to hurt anyone
But life is hard and what's done is done

Chorus:
You can laugh at any situation
You can cry every time the train leaves the station

Someday, baby, when you come back
Your angry momma's gonna send you packin' down the track
You never wanted to hurt anyone
But life is hard and what's done is done

You can laugh at any situation
You can cry every time the train leaves the station

Someday, baby, when you come back
Your angry momma's gonna send you packin' down the track
You never wanted to hurt anyone
But life is hard and what's done is done

When Life Gets Tough

It's all right to complain, there's no need to refrain
When life gets tough
If you're in a hole let everybody know
That your life is tough
You can call up your friends
Tell them what a rough lot you've had
Blame it on your mama, blame it on your dad
Nothin’ feels finer than to be a loathsome whiner
When your life gets tough

If you make a mistake just blame it on Jake
When your life gets tough
Or blame it on Bob or blame it on Joe
When your life gets tough
You can blame it on the black guys, blame it on the Jews
You can blame anyone that you choose
‘Cause nothin’ feels finer than to be a loathsome whiner
When your life gets tough

You know those days when you feel like a fool
When your life gets tough
There ought to be a law against people feelin’ better than you
When your life gets tough
You can always slash a tire, spread a vicious lie
If you get caught just tell them why
That nothin’ feels finer than to be a loathsome whiner
When your life gets tough

This is America and you can always sue
When your life gets tough
You can sue anyone for anything you want to
When your life gets tough

You can sue for bad haircuts, you can sue for stress
Sue your parents ‘cause your life is a mess
‘Cause nothin’ feels finer than to be a loathsome whiner
When your life gets tough
Nothing feels finer than to be a loathsome whiner
When your life gets tough

Bonnie’s Song

My name is Bonnie, I'm just a throw away
My step-dad threw me out of the house just the other day
He touches me in places, my momma won't believe
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street

My boyfriend, Tony, he's a busboy down at Ned's
Sometimes I sleep behind his mamma's house out in the shed
She calls me trash and whore, so I stay out of sight
I'm fourteen years old and I hide out in the night
I'm fourteen years old and I hide out in the night

I want to have a baby, something for me to love
But I know Tony’d leave me if he knew what I was thinking of
But he likes to love me, like all the other boys
I'm fourteen years old and I want something to love
I'm fourteen years old and I want something to love

There's a guy named Shadow, says he wants to help me out
He says he’s got work for any girl who wants to put it out
He says he likes me and I could be his main squeeze
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street

My name is Bonnie, I'm just a throw away
My step-dad threw me out of the house just the other day
He touches me in places, my momma won't believe
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street
I'm fourteen years old and I live out on the street

Same Moon

Somewhere there's a mother
With hungry children cryin’
Somewhere there's a soldier
In a jungle dyin’
Somewhere there are two lovers
Walkin’ down the beach hand in hand
And they're all lookin’ up at the same moon
Same moon that’s so romantic

Somewhere there's a business man
He just made a hell of a deal
Somewhere there's a little man
Lookin’ for work or maybe something he might steal
Somewhere there is music
And people dancin’
And they're all looking up at the same moon
Same moon that’s so romantic

Some people have a vision
That this could be a better place
Other people say it really doesn't matter
What you do or what you say
Most of us just go on living
Doin’ the best we can
And we're all looking up at the same moon, in the same sky
Same moon that's so romantic
Same moon that’s so romantic

I Think Of You

I'm walkin’ in the mud cold and deep
Achin’ from my head to my feet
These lonesome blues, they got me beat
In the night I can't sleep
I think of you

Your broken heart, what have I done?
I've deceived my only true one
There's no place that I can run
In the night I can't sleep
I think of you

Chorus
I think of you with such regret
Of the night you finally left
Each time my poor heart beats
I think of you
I think of you
I think of you
I think of you

My conscience got lost on the late train
At a station out in the cold rain
I wish I had a pill to kill this pain
In the night I can't sleep
I think of you

Chorus

A quiet room, a pretty picture
Of you when you once lived here
The price I’ve paid is so dear
In the night I can’t sleep, I think of you

In the night I can’t sleep
I think of you
In the night I can't sleep
I think of you

Long Gone Daddy

I'm a long gone daddy, I'm leaving on the next bus 
I'm a long gone daddy, no need to make a fuss
I'm headin’ down twenty-five, it's a wonder I'm still alive
I'm a long gone daddy, I’m a long gone daddy

I'm a long gone daddy, I broke the law and I had to run
I'm a long gone daddy, can't go back ‘cause the deal is done
They got my face on the video, it's pretty clear I gotta go
‘Cause I'm a long gone daddy, I'm a long gone daddy

Chorus:
Don’t you start cryin’ just makes me want to lie, girl
Lovin’ you honey is such a lovely crime, girl

I'm a long gone daddy, I make my way by the moonlight
I'm a long gone daddy, I keep myself just out of sight
Listen to the sirens moan, honey, you best leave me alone
‘Cause I'm a long gone daddy, I'm a long gone daddy

I'm a long gone daddy, and I'm just gettin’ smart
I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need your broken heart
I’ll help myself to your cash before you slip away into the past
‘Cause I'm a long gone daddy, I’m a long gone daddy

Chorus

I'm a long gone daddy, I'm a snake in the grass
I'm a long gone daddy, I ain’t never coming back
I’ll take the keys to your car, gonna leave you emotionally scared
‘Cause I'm a long gone daddy, I'm a long gone daddy
I’m a long gone daddy

Out On the Plains

Out on the plains the wind is blowin’
Over the graves where the grass is growin’
There's a shadow of a crow sliding across the land
And a pile of bones that once was a man

Down by the creek there were two lovers,
They made sweet love there like so many others
But the creek dried up and the memories did fade
It's rocky and hard now where once love was made

In the old part of town the buildings are empty
There used to be smoke rose from all those chimneys
Miles away the new freeway hisses
Leaving behind a world that nobody misses

I often wonder where my father did go
I’d ask my mother but she died a few years ago
I asked my grandma when I was seven years old
She hugged me and kissed me and said,
“Son, some things you best not know.”

So I look out on the plains where the wind is blowin’
Over the graves where the grass is growin’
There's a shadow of a crow sliding across the land
And a pile of bones that once was a man

Pretty Bird                                                                      

Like a fish swimming up a river
A bird against the wind
I'm trying to let you go, my love
But here you come again
Your sweet eyes and wishful lies
How can you be so dishonest?
If I had a ship, I’d sail away
Far away beyond this

Chorus:
A curse upon your lying heart
The honey on your tongue
I'm so tired of this kind of love
But I'm just too tired to run

I'm too old for pity
Who could pity me?
I've been down this road before
I know how it will be
Your sweet eyes and wishful lies
How can you be so dishonest?
If I was strong I’d walk away
Far away beyond this

Chorus

My heart is foolish always
As my mother's was before me
Can a foolish girl be wise someday
Or will bitterness for me be
Your sweet eyes and wishful lies
How can you be so dishonest?
If I was a pretty bird, I’d fly away
Far away beyond this
If I was a pretty bird, I’d fly away
Far away beyond this

Nothin’s Right

Nothin’s right, nothin’s right
That's what she says when she gets home at night
She gives me a list of honey do’s
I tell you honey, well I feel used (Cause. . .)

Chorus:
I'm supposed to do the dishes
Take out the trash and feed the fishes
Vacuum the rug and mop that floor
Oh, baby, what you take me for?  Oh, baby
Oh, baby, what you take me for?  Oh, baby

Nothin’s right, nothin’s right
That's what she says when she gets home at night
She takes out her gloves and checks for dust
I call it slavery, she calls it love

Chorus

Nothin’s right, nothin’s right
That's what she says when she gets home at night
But tonight I'm gonna stand up to her like a man
I'm gonna stand up to her like a man
I'm gonna stand up to her like a man. . .
I just hope she don't get mad cause...

I didn't clean the refrigerator, oh baby can I do it later?
Didn't clean the cat box, kitty litter

Oh, baby what you take me for?  Oh, baby
Oh, baby what you take me for?  Oh, baby

Nothin’s right, nothin’s right
A million excuses when I get home at night
I gave him a list of things to do
He thinks that pulling his weight is being abused

Said he'd clean the refrigerator
So I wouldn't have to do it later
Sent me off to work said he'd get it done
Oh, baby, life at home's no fun
Poor baby
Oh, babe, like you're the only one
Poor baby

Nothin’s right, nothin’s right
That's what she says when she gets home at night

Even When

Even when I'm aching on a cold and chilly night
And the light's is quickly fading
You make my whole world right
When the shackles of this world are squeezing way too tight
I know I’ll find comfort
‘Cause you make my whole world right.

Chorus:
You make my whole world turn ‘round the sun
You make my whole world turn
You're my only one.

Even when the wolves are biting at my feet
And the cold wind blows
You make my whole world sweet
When I feel like I'm losing
And I'm feeling tired and beat
I know I’ll find comfort
‘Cause you make my whole world sweet.

Chorus

Even when life is petty and I just want to curse it
And I don't like anyone around me
You make my whole world worth it
When my heart is sad and there's no way to nurse it
I know I’ll find comfort
‘Cause you make my whole world worth it.

Chorus
You make my whole world turn
You're my only one

Keep Growin’

He turned 16 ‘bout an hour ago
He wants the keys, he's ready to roll
Take that car out on the road
His mama's cryin’
He's got dreams of a pretty girl
Sittin’ beside him in another world
If he doesn't find her tonight
He'll keep tryin’

Chorus:
Well, you pray that he’s gonna be all right
That he’ll come home safe tonight
That he’ll treat people kind
And he’ll be wise
That he’ll keep growin’

He doesn't want to listen to our advice
He stares out the window and he rolls his eyes
But you know his mama, she'll keep tryin’
She wants to give him a great big kiss
Take his picture before he goes
But he just wants to get out on that road and be rollin’

Chorus

When I was a kid I had trouble in school
I did a lot of things I wouldn't want him to do
I was full of myself and didn't know nothin’
I hope he doesn’t make the same mistakes
There's so many decisions to make these days
And I hope that he'll keep rollin’

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