Mitguard Lyrics - Same Moon

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	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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