All songs written by Billy Harvey. © "It Ain't Heavy Songs", ASCAP 1997. The lyrics are not guaranteed to be 100% correct, as they have been transcribed by ear. If you find an error or can help fill in any blanks or question marks, please send corrections to melissa@shaigirl.org. . . . She Wants Me Dead: I didn't come here to bring you down. I don't wanna go around in circles, with you anymore. The gloves are off, the bell has rung. If you just put down the gun, I'll tell you what I came here for. You were right, it was my fault. I didn't stop to think at all. I stepped out before I looked both ways. Well, I should've stayed awake in school. I could've learned the golden rule. I wish that I could take it all away. Baby come on. We got a lot to lose. And I don't think that's something that you want to do. So come on. Honey don't talk that way. Get It all up and out your head. You don't really want me dead. You don't want me dead. Tell me girl what will it take? Everybody makes mistakes. I ain't asking you to let it slide. Maybe I can find a way to make it up to you someday. Until then I'll just do my time. But baby come on. We got a lot to lose. And I don't think that's something that you want to do. So come on. Honey don't talk that way. Get It all up and out your head. You don't really want me dead. I know this is hard for you. I know what you'd like to do. I see that you're turning red. But just listen to what you've said. (Ahh ease up on me, baby!) Baby come on. We've got a lot to lose. And I don't think that's something that you want to do. So come on. Honey, now don't talk that way. Get It all up and out your head. You don't really want me dead. Baby come on. We've got a lot to lose. And gettin' away won't that be easy for you. So come on. What will the neighbors say? Get it all up and out your head. You don't really want me dead. You don't want me dead (I'll tell you what, I ain't even got to pull the trigger baby. That's right.) (top) It's All Over But the Hurtin': (Ahh you're killin' me now!) Why you walkin' on my heart? Yeah, why you steppin' on my head? If you were gonna leave me baby, you could've used the door instead. And tell me what gives you the right to go and stick me with what's left of this broken-hearted love affair? I think I'll just return the rest, because there's nowhere me and you can go from here. It's all over but the hurtin', baby. (Ahh yeah) Where'd you learn to walk that way? It must be something in your jeans. Something irrestible now that let you walk all over me. Yeah and why you still calling all my friends, girl? Cause they don't really want to talk to you. So just release me, baby. Let me start on something new. (Ahh will ya girl?!) You know there's nowhere me and you can go from here. It's all over but the hurtin', baby. It's all over but the hurtin', baby. It's all over but the sleepless nights, the wondering why and where, and who you're with. It's all over but the lovin', baby. When times I think maybe you still had something to give. So why you walkin' on my heart? Yeah, why you steppin' on my head? If you were gonna leave me baby, you could've used the door instead. (And don't let it hitcha, girl!) There's nowhere me and you can go from here. It's all over but the hurtin', baby. (That's right.) It's all over but the hurtin', baby. (For me and you.) (You go on and walk your walk, baby. Yeah, you go on and do what you have to do. Cause it's all over but the hurtin', babe... for me and for you. There's a pain in my heart for you, baby. But it's all over.) (top) . Christmas Lights: Yeah, I looked kind of funny. Just a greasy little kid. I don't remember missing a tooth that year, but this picture says I did. See us posing for the camera in all our Sunday dress. Though it ain't quite in focus,I like this one the best. If a day could last forever then the night would never come. I'd wish us back to Cleveland to a room so filled with love and gootimes. No we never should have took down those Christmas lights. My brother was always smarter than I ever was. And Judy she always smiled much more than she does. Now this guy was someone that she brought home that year. Never knew his name. But Judy she always liked it when we said she looked the same. If a day could last forever then the night would never come. I'd wish us back to Cleveland to a room so filled with love and gootimes. No we never should have took down those Christmas lights. Did you take a look at Susie gathered in her daddy's arms? And little cousin Henry, so full of foolish charm. See Mom right there in her brand new dress? She always looked so good. Her face it stood the test of time, but I always knew it would. If a day could last forever then the night would never come. I'd wish us back to Cleveland, Ohio to a room so filled with love. That the roads that came between us and the time that washed away, and the lies that would deceive us would have never found a way though our lives. No we never should have took down those Christmas lights. I'm standing on the corner of what's wrong and what's right. And I ain't exactly sure which way I'll go tonight. But the roads that came between us and the time that washed away, and the lies that ended up deceiving us no longer have a place in my life. See I'll be putting up my own new set of Christmas Lights. Yeah I'll be hanging up my grown-up set of Christmas Lights. (top) . Me & You: My daddy had a restless heart and I know it tore my mom apart. He grew more distant with every year until he finally disappeared. Well I looked in her eyes and said, "What'll we do?" She said, "don't worry, Son, it's me and you". It's me and you. So I grew up fast in a slow town. Never thought I woulda settled down, but my girl got pregnant on one hot night. And before I knew she was draped in white. When I looked in her eyes and told her, "I do". She said, "don't worry, hun, it's me and you". "Everything's gonna be alright. It's me and you. So come on just love me tonight. There ain't nothing we can't do. Just me and you." When the hardest rain is pouring down, when you can't get yourself off the ground, when your heart's left hanging in the air, and it feels like ain't nobody cares... you know that I will be there, too. Me and you, yeah. My boy turned nine when I was 28 And he struggled for words that he needed to say. He said, "how come you and momma fight so much"? I said, "Son, sometimes it's just hard for us". Well I took him by the hand and said, "We'll make it through no matter what comes". No matter what comes, It's me and you. Everything's gonna be alright. It's me and you, so come on, just love me tonight. It's me and... It's me and you. It's me and... and you. There ain't nothin' that we can't do, me and you. (top) . Love At War: (Kick it...) Hey, hey what'd you say? Ain't no reason to talk that way, you know that. I got yours and you've got mine. Heart in hand, would you just be kinder baby? Well I'm all jacked up when I hit the door. I never know if she's coming or I'm going. Till I find myself in a hotel room, Muzak playing the same sad tune for hours. Yeah and it's love at war. A roller coaster ride for sure. Showing up will leave you sorein love at war. (Check it) Now I'm home again, alone again. I can pretend but it ain't the same without her. So I call her up and words get thrown. I say too much and she slams the phone down on me (Aww baby...) Yeah, but it's love at war. We're saying things we can't afford. What keeps use coming back for more? It's love at war. And then it finally hits me. My baby and I, we crucify each other to expose the hearts we hide, yeah. So I swallow my pride, let it ride. Put aside the thing that's come between us. Because she says to end it all would probably be too much for her to handle. So we're rollin' hard again, more than friends. Still I can't help feeling some kind of vandal. Yeah, but it's love at war. And all the rules fall to the floor. She's keeping track and I'm losing score. A roller coaster ride for sure, in love at war. Yeah, in love... love... in love at war. A rollercoaster ride, for sure. (top) . Closer To You: What would you do if I took off my coat and I sat down there? I'd like just to show you that I can be more than that punk you're with. If you'll let me, I'll get closer to you. Well the wine has been flowing. It's been getting so loud I can't hear a thing. And I don't think you heard me when I said to myself you look brilliant tonight. If you'll let me, I'll get closer to you. If your story's gone cold, I'll write you another. Better than the old one, cover to cover. Just lay it down and lose your place, turn around - love is strange. Love is strange. What do you see when you look in my eyes? You read them well. Do you see there's a secret deep down inside that I can't tell? If you'll let me in, I'll get closer to you. If your story's gone cold, I'll write you another. Better than that old one, lover to lover. Just lay it down and lose your place, turn around - love is strange. Love is strange. (Kick it up.) Well the night's almost over. And I ain't said a word. What could I say? He said, "let's be on" and I was wishing to God that you could stay. If you'd let me, I'd get closer to you. Yes, if you'd let me, I'd get closer to you. (top) . Love Is A State of Mind: (Watch your back.) She was a long haired beauty with dark green eyes, the kind that drive you mad. She led me by the hand though the hottest nights this boy has ever had. I tried to walk up to her, but turned away at least a dozen times before. I would have just kept going if I had known what I had in store. She don't come 'round here no more. She said love is just a state of mind. She said the words are sometimes hard to find. She said a heart will heal in it's own time. Love is a state of mind. She knew exactly what she wanted from me, a calculated plan. She must have seen me comin' for miles away. It's still hard to understand. How a woman so evil could act so real with just the flick of a cover switch. Well she could spin you a tale of God's honest truth and you'd never know which was which. She said love is just a state of mind. She said the truth, well it's hard to define. She said a heart will heal in it's own time. Love is a state of mind. It was a whirlwind romance, an all night slow dance, a chemical reaticon. It was the king of all distractions. It was a mascarade. The worst mistake Iever made. It was a means to an end and I'd probably do it again. I wasn't gone that long on the night she cleaned me out of the house and home. From my credit card to my best guitar, my cordless telephone. i stood in disbelief at the empty rooms as her words ran though my head. Well I thought I knew her. I should have caught on to her the first time that she said... She said love is just state of mind. She said the good may all be left behind. She said a heart will heal in it's own time. Love is a state of mind. (It's just a state of mind. Love is a state of mind. It's just a... Girl is gone. Girl is gone now.) (top) . Leave the Car: Well you can be just as free as you want, babe. Yeah, you can go on and find you place in this world. There's just one thing I'm asking of you. Before you count us as history... Baby, leave the car with me. You can take all of our valued possessions. Yeah, you can have all of our record collection. There's just one thing I'm beggin of you. Before you go on and leave me be... Baby, leave the car with me. (Check it out...) I don't know what it means to you. But it always helped me to roll the top and drive away. It ain't something I could replace. (Now listen...) So if you decide that you acted too quickly. And you come back (baby, comeback) to find there's nobody home. Well, I'd like to be there to greet you, but I've gone to find my place, too. Baby, I left the car for you. Yeah, baby I left the car for you. (And I left a full tank of gas in it, too, baby.) (top) . Red & White Blues: He was born in nineteen and sixty three with the devil on his back. A neighborhood junkie, a mother's only son, psychotic maniac. And he's standing on the corner with everything to prove. Red and White Blues. Red and white, death and life, black and blue, me and you, the colors in the sky. We've always lived up to red and white blues. She draws the shades. She turns down the bed and she sits there in the dark. It doesn't come easy to hate the one you love. And it's tearing her apart. Leaving over his dead body is what she'd have to do. Red and white blues. Red and white, death and life, me and you, the colors in the sky. We've always lived up to red and white... And all the fairy tales they fed to us when we were young. They're standing in defiance now, as if there' something we could have done to make them all come true. Red and white blues. She holds him closer as they watch the land they worked be auctioned off and sold. "Somebody somewhere will be getting all of this." and she said, "we'll just be getting old" Lord I wish that I were standing in someone else's shoes. Red and white blues. Red and white, death and life, black and blue, me and you, the colors in the sky. We've always lived up to red and white blues. The pages from our lives, we always turn back to... red and white blues. (top) . Jimmy: Jimmy's got the gun. I heard him spinning wheels late last night. He left the door wide open and took off for the man who broke his life. He said he'd be back again when he did what it was he had to do. Jimmy's got the gun, Mama. He knew something was wrong about a month or so ago. She was distant when she talked. When it come to making love, she was awfully cold. He left it slide, but in his heart he knew exactly what it was she'd done. Jimmy's got the gun, Mama. You should of seen her face where she stood. She said she'd give anything to turn it all back if she could. Yes, she did. He couldn't seem to speak except to ask her when it all begun. Jimmy's got the gun, Mama. Jimmy's got the gun. And he's been on the gun for too long. Jimmy's got the gun. Says he doesn't want it anymore. He's forgotten what he started runnin' for. There's someone at door, Mama. Says he works in Homicide. And the trail of a man brought him here to you tonight. Yes, it did. He said that he would like to ask you one or two quick question about your son. Jimmy's got the gun. What has he gone and done, Mama? Jimmy's got the gun. And he's been on the run for too long. Jimmy's got the gun. Says he doesn't want it anymore. Jimmy's got the gun. Jimmy's got the gun, and he's forgotten what he started runnin' for. ...started runnin' for. (top) . All songs written by Billy Harvey. © "It Ain't Heavy Songs", ASCAP 1997. |
