1. |
Blue in September
03:54
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BLUE IN SEPTEMBER
(Bolter/Bell)
All of my days have turned to changes
All of my dreams have turned to dread
Now I’m standing on the outside of my skin and I’m rearranging
And I don’t think it ever will fit that tight again
I can remember being blue in September
It’s funny I remember how I tried to hang on to you
I can remember being blue in September
Now, it’s going to fall on you
You see I went up on the mountain side and I tried to stake a claim
But when I got to the top you know I couldn’t even tell you my own name
Now there ain’t no little man waiting on me at the end of some rainbow way
And all my pots of gold, you know, he just gave them all away
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2. |
Picture
04:31
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PICTURE
(Bolter/Bell)
I saw a man and a woman
On the corner where the highway meets the road
There was a child she was holding,
Their destiny was on a sign he showed
And I watched them
As I waited on the light to change
I hit the locks to make sure I was safe
They looked at me just before I drove away
And I drove away in a flash
Is that the picture, they'll remember me for?
Is that what I'll see when I'm standing at the door?
I saw my child as she stood there
Begging for my eyes
In her hands was a treasure,
The ones you get one chance to find
"In a minute!"
I told her as the phone rang
Caught up in a world of soon-forgotten-deals
And I answered it, just before she walked away
And she walked away in a flash
So many people that we all take for granted
So few of them that we ever really see
So many questions, but the only one I can think of
Is what is in it for me?
Well, I died with my eyes hoping,
To hear my heart make a sound
But all the lines never spoken,
Were placed in the lost and found
And in the morning,
My face was in the paper
Some old photograph of a young man in the past
Just another soul who died on a Monday
And I died in a flash
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3. |
Finally Fine
03:56
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FINALLY FINE
(Bolter/Bell)
Seeking sunlight, but it keeps on raining
Got something to do with this hard outer shell that I keep my brain in
If there's no change, there'll be no change coming
You can run from yourself, but you have to keep on running
Then it crossed my mind
That I don't cross your mind
And it's finally fine with me
Hearts get broken into a million pieces
We can't look long enough in the place that holds the reasons
I guess we're scared of what we'll find when we start looking
I love the book man but God I hate the movie
Oh how different it would be
If I could have you here with me
I only wish we could have seen
We only varied by degrees
I saw your face in some pictures I was packing
I felt you there but you so quickly ran right past me
I called out to you, but I guess you couldn't hear me
Just wanted to tell you how much all of those years mean
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4. |
Sea
04:23
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SEA
(Bolter/Bell)
Seems like so many finer days
Are spent so long in a dreary haze
I feel my fault line has become exposed
Leaner times are coming fast
When all these centered words won’t last
And the time has come to clean up all my trash
Now I see,
There’s nothing more to see
But the Sea?
There’s really nothing more to believe.
Believe.
I came across an iron man
Who lived inside an iron can
And grabbed up all the water he could find
He claimed to keep it safely away
But the wind and rain took it all away
Left him to rust at the bottom of the sea
Now it’s greed! Is there really more you need?
Yeah it’s me! and I’m at the bottom of the Sea
Nothing more to see,
Nothing more to me
Now the tides are shifting far from me
I’m lost in this hypocrisy
And I find the fables leaving me so dry
More than this I should not say
Just try and look the other way
When your time has come and your tables turn around
And you know,
You've got a long, long way to go
But will you see?
There’s really nothing more to believe
Don’t believe in ME,
Just believe in the Sea
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5. |
Touching the Ground
04:03
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TOUCHING THE GROUND
(Bolter/Bell)
Jump out the window of your soul
And step into the consciousness there below
Wade into the shallow caverns inside your brain
You'll understand this languished land and you'll see what's plugging your drain
Will you believe me? When I say
That you'll never get that sound no matter what you play
Will you deceive me? When I turn around
You cannot be that high, you're still touching the ground
Follow your footsteps in your past
And soon you'll see why you just never last
All the ones you say you love you know you will be deciding
Now everyone is here and now's your turn to be dividing
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6. |
Made in the USA
04:21
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MADE IN THE USA
(Bolter/Bell)
He spends some of his pay, paying for what he has
And most for what he has not
He spends some of his days dreaming of what he'd have
But most with what he's got
Some of what he makes goes to the ones he loves
Most to the guy who put up the cash
He shakes his head at the way they want him to live
'Cause he knows he'll never learn to climb a back
He remembers what it meant to be made in the USA
Now he sees himself scrape by day after endless day
Sometimes he wishes on what has passed him by
But mostly for the day he will survive
When he thinks of all his days
When he thinks of all he'd trade
When he thinks of what he's made In the USA
Some people tell him his standards are far too high
Most say he just lives in the past
He'd like to think he can win this forgotten race
But somehow he knows he won't last
If you want to live in this promised land
Make sure you hold a promised hand
Cause the contest rules have worn rather thin
And the best man does not always win
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7. |
Empty Stare
03:28
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EMPTY STARE
(Bolter/Bell)
You know I knew I would find you here
Tripping over the same old tears
There with your puppet smile
With one eye on the puppet maker’s child
So much that you’re made of now
Someone must get through to you somehow
For your light is fading
And you seem to think some success your making
How Long? How long must you go your way?
How many more will you lead astray?
How much further ‘til you get to glare
Alone at your table with your full glass and your empty stare
Opportunist with an evil mind
Living high on other people’s time
All you’ve given you expect in return
No prize for the future a surprise for the kids to learn
Eloquent sermon with a shallow line
So many syllables, so little time
Nothing ventured is nothing gained
All causes looked plundered yet nothing is rearranged
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8. |
Everybody Knows
03:26
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EVERYBODY KNOWS
(Bolter/Bell)
Do you feel good – how do you know?
Do you see well – well what does it show you?
Well you look like you’re ready to blow
Would it help – help you to know?
You’re not the only one
Do you believe in all you hear?
Do you hold on to what is dear?
Do you pray for what you need?
Do you stay until you bleed?
Don’t you know that we all care?
Get to love you if you share
But if you turn your flowers to stone
Thinking you’re the only one who knows the lonely road
Everybody knows
Now it comes down to all that you own
It surrounds you and won’t let you go
Can it be true that they’re all the same?
Out to get you in a mindless game
And you don’t even know their names
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Real Eyes Pensacola, Florida
“Rock-South,” Traditional Rock, Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Power Pop Rock Band from Northwest Florida, featuring the songs of Blake Bell and Buddy Bolter. The duo is heavily influenced by the Classic Rock sound of Cheap Trick, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin and the Cure to name just a few. ... more
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