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I Can Never Win

Won’t you tell me why I’m wrong I do it all the time
Won’t help me try you won’t you do this all the time
Do this all the time
I’m so out of line
Now I’m swine
And I’m going mad

I talk you won’t hear a word that I am talking about
You talk I forgot those words that you were talking about
What were we talking about
I’d rather pout
So now we shout
And we’re going mad

Here we go once again you’re getting underneath my skin
I give up I give in I know that I could never win
This won’t stop this wont end
And all my patience has worn thin
I give up I give I know that I could never win
I know that I could never win

(Guitar Solo)

Chorus


2003© by Mike Murphy

 


Crashing Down

Winding down another day
It’s time to wash it all away
Close your eyes and you will find
A holiday inside your mind
Leave it all behind

Peacefully you’re all alone
The thoughts inside you start to roam
Stirring up the memories
A deeply wounded tragedy
I time you can’t set free

Broken up you’re breaking down
Feel the pain you’re gonna drown
Tread the water all around
As the waves come crashing down

There was a time when everything
Was pieced together perfectly
Until the world was ripped in two
And stole the life inside of you
A soul you never knew

Chorus

I cannot save you from above
I only hope you feel my love


Chorus


2003© by Mike Murphy


Make You Mine

How many times
It seems like a such a waste
I’m standing here all by myself
And I feel so out of place

I see your eyes
I can’t forget your face
The way you move the way you groove
And I’m lost in outer space

What can I do
My body’s hypnotized
What can I say
I need a line to make you mine

Make you mine, make you mine
Make you mine, oh oh oh oh
Make you mine

All of this time
I’ve waited here for you
To turn around inside this crowd
So I can dance with you

Tell me your name
And are you from this town
I’ll call you up I’ll take you out
And I’ll never let you down

What can I do
My body’s hypnotized
What can I say
If I could only make you mine

CHORUS

What can I do
I sing this song for you
What can I say (pause)
I’d give it all to make you mine

CHORUS

2003© by Mike Murphy

 

Just One Night

All you people
Listen to the music fill your soul
Stand up
Stand up and bring your bodies over to the floor

There’s a girl that I see
Looking oh so lonely
Baby you don’t have to go
Stick around a while
I’ll try to make you smile
And enjoy all of the show

Dance around now
Flow and let the music take you there
Get up
Get up and give it all you’ve got until you drop

When you feel my heartbeat
Girl you best take a seat
‘Cause it’s time to rock n roll
Take you to my room and
Let you be my woman
Teach you things you’ve never known

CHORUS:
Just one night on our own
I want you all alone
Don’t hold back feels so right
I want you just one night

(Solo #1)

Now the heat is rising
There’ll be no compromising
Got no time to take it slow
When the crowd is gone
Gonna do you all night long
No one ever has to know

CHORUS

2003© by Mike Murphy

Broken Dreams

Sitting aside technically nothing
By himself he’s slipping away
His talent is rotting with his mind
Seen it before I see it all the time

His future always seemed so bright
Now he’s just another shadow in the light
Something he can’t seem to place
Keeps the world from seeing his face

CHORUS:
Going down the road of broken dreams, broken goals
Looking back at all the broken glass, broken hearts
Nothing left the memories of what’ll never be
It’s not too late to turn around, around

So many hopes he had as a child
Given so much he’s ended up with none
But when he tried he seemed to please no one
So what’s the point in trying at all

If only he’d say he could
That pleasing yourself is twice as good
But never can he find it in himself
To go on out and try to be the best

CHORUS

(Guitar Solo)

CHORUS


2001© by Mike Murphy

Storm Within

There’s a storm that never leaves
And I can’t make it go away
And there’s no shelter for my dreams
And so I’m drowning in the rain
I’m flooded by the pain

Then you came into my world
And turned the clouds into a smile
And while these feelings seemed to real
The hate had already been grown
But you were never shown

The lightning strikes and I can’t hide
Cause there’s this thunder trapped inside
I feel it closer now, I know somehow
The storm is from within
The storm will never end

Looking back at all the years
I wonder how it all began
I see the pieces of my life
Drifting on the tears inside
With no one by my side

The lightning strikes and I can’t hide
Cause there’s this thunder trapped inside
I feel it closer now, I know somehow
The storm is from within
The storm will never end

Bridge/solo

The lightning strikes and I can’t hide
Cause there’s this thunder trapped inside
I feel it closer now, I know somehow
The storm is from within
The storm will never end
I try to run I try to hide
But I can’t fight this pain inside
I want it over now, I know somehow
The storm is from within
The storm will never end

2003© by Mike Murphy

 

Rise

So many places to go
So many faces unknown
So many hopeless nights
That you stray and you pray but still you fight alone

Just another season of pain
Just another reason to complain
Just another sad excuse
That you hide and you tried there ain’t no use no blame

CHORUS:
Rise above
Gotta’ hold your head up high
Rise above
They can see you in the sky
Rise above
Come on it’s time to fly
Rise above
They can kiss your ass goodbye

Look at all the madness in the world
Look at all the sadness left uncured
Look at all the people why
Do we sin in the end until we die unpure

CHORUS

Bridge/Solo

CHORUS


2003© by Mike Murphy


You Never Told Me

What is real I cannot tell
Stuck inside a living hell
What to do oh what to do

What is real I do not know
What’s the length that I would go
Just to try and find the truth

When I close my eyes I see a world that’s painted darkened gray

As I’m searching for the way
What’s the price I have to pay
What to say oh what to say

When I close my eyes I feel the world is crumbling away

CHORUS:
You never told me what I would find
You never showed me left me behind
You never could be what’s on your mind
You never told me

All the things you tried to hide
All the pain you trapped inside
Just a memory cold and blue

I could feel it all along
I was hoping I was wrong
All the lies have led to you

When I close my eyes I still remember all those rainy days

CHORUS

Bridge/Solo

When I close my eyes I still remember every single mother fucking thing

CHORUS


2003© by Mike Murphy

Last Goodbye

Can’t you see I’m so easily
Hurt by these things that you say
All my life I’ve tried endlessly
You couldn’t care anyway

I can’t tell you how I feel
I don’t remember what is real

Here I am I’ll just close my eyes
Throwing myself in a cage
Locked up the door swallowed down the key
Body held captive in rage

Deeply planted seeds of shame
Things could never be the same

Goodbye now I’ll just turn my head
I won’t look back at you ever again
Goodbye this ain’t no lullaby
It’s my last goodbye

Ripped apart from a thousand lies
But I couldn’t feel anything
Here and now I’ll just say goodbye
To all the bullshit I’ve seen

All those times that you’ve betrayed
Now you see me walk away

Goodbye now I’ll just turn my head
I won’t look back at you ever again
Goodbye this ain’t no lullaby
It’s my last goodbye

Goodbye now I’ll just turn my head
So many things better left unsaid
Goodbye you know this ain’t no lie
It’s my last goodbye


2001© by Mike Murphy


Better This Way

There’s something wrong with the way she looks at him
And every time she turns her head he’s lost and gone again
It eats her up and she can’t take it anymore
She can lie, she can cry, she can die, but she can’t walk out the door

The tears flow
She can feel it everyday
But she don’t know (but she don’t know)
There is nothing left to say
It’s better this way

Sweet dreams surrounded her but now she cannot sleep
And every time she thinks of him she only seems to weep
She sees her life and how she lived it all astray
All the tears, all the fears, all the years have wasted her away

The pain flows
Got no reason left to stay
So there she goes (so there she goes)
Got no words left to say
It’s better this way

Deep inside her eyes you can see it all so clear
She just needs a little sun to dry away her tears

Solo

And there it goes
Feel the pain it slips away
And now she knows (and now she knows)
It gets better everyday
It’s better this way


2001© by Mike Murphy


The One

You oughta see, see how I bleed
You are the one, the one I need

And you’ll never know
And I’ll never say
And we’ll never flow
And now I’m getting lonely

You oughta come, come down on me
You are the one, the one I see

And you’ll never know
And I’ll never say
And here we go
You’re the one and the only

CHORUS:
Oh baby you are the one
You light me like the sun
‘Cuz baby you are the one
Oh you’re the one

You oughta feel, feel how I please
You are the one, you’re my disease

And you’ll never know
‘Cuz I’ll never say
So here we go
You are one and the only

Bridge/solo

CHORUS:
Oh baby you are the one
You light me like the sun
‘Cuz baby you are the one
Oh you’re the one
Oh baby you are the one
You light me like the sun
‘Cuz baby you are the one
And now I’m done…


2003© by Mike Murphy

 

Fading

I can’t look you in the eye
I can’t feel you when you cry
And I can’t tell you just what I’m fighting for
I can’t take it anymore

So I wear my frown
While you wear your crown
We’re fading
We’re going down

You don’t talk about your life
You don’t wanna be my wife
And you don’t tell me just what you’re crying for
You don’t love me anymore

And you soak your gown
With the tears you drown
We’re fading
We’re going down
And I wear my frown
While you wear your crown
We’re fading
We’re going down

Look at all the roads we paved
Look at all the blood we gave
Now there’s nothing to be saved
Now I’m leaving town, we’re fading, we’re going down

So I wear my frown
While you wear your crown
We’re fading
We’re going down
We’re fading
We’re burning out
We’re fading
We’re going down


2003© by Mike Murphy

Runaway

Hey
I feel like I’m slipping away
But I can’t understand all this pain
I think that I’m going insane
And I don’t even know why you say
You say that you’re leaving today
But don’t you remember the way
We used to laugh and we’d play
And nothing could stop us forever

So you saw a sign of trouble
Then you go and throw it away
Every time you start to struggle
You turn and run away

(Runaway)
You’re always running away
(Runaway)
Can’t you stop running away
(Runaway)
You’re always running away

Why
I feel like I’m going to die
And I can’t understand all the lies
I think we should just say goodbye
‘Cuz I don’t even know why we try
We try but then you only cry
Can’t you just look in my eyes
Feel what I’m feeling inside
And nothing will stop us forever

So you saw a sign of trouble
Then you go and throw it away
I swear that I’d do anything
To keep you from running away

CHORUS


2004© by Mike Murphy


Let It Out

See the sun it slides away
Hides it face behind the clouds
Doesn’t matter anyway
In a zone all of my own
I can see it all around
All the world is colored gray

But there’s something deep inside
And it’s nothing I can hide
And I don’t even know why
Even though I cannot see it I can feel it on it’s way
And there’s nothing I can do

CHORUS:
Except let it out
Let it out, let it out
Just let it out
Let it out, let it out

I’ve been here and I’ve been there
Still I cannot find my way
Like a mouse inside a maze
As I wander all around
There is nothing I have found
That can take it all away

But there’s something deep inside
And it’s feeding on my pride
I can’t seem to reason why
All I know is what I feel and I feel like I could die
And there’s nothing I can do

CHORUS

Solo

CHORUS


2001© by Mike Murphy

 

Cave

Stuck in your realm again my conscience dissipates
I’m slowly sinking down into the sands of hate
It’s all your fault
I’m on my way
So fare the well

Can’t hear you crying out my name
Can’t feel any pain
Can’t reach me here inside
Just leave me in my cave

Surrounded by the scars familiar as the wind
These walls won’t crumble down, my cave it won’t cave in
It’s all your fault
No turning back
So fare the well

Can’t hear you crying out my name
Can’t feel any pain
Can’t reach me here inside
Just leave me in my cave

Can’t hear you crying out my name
Can’t take all your blame
Just leave me be inside
To suffer in my cave

The Memory

For all the times
For all the smiles you gave to me
For all the days
For all the pain you gave to me

Don’t wanna be
The enemy
But I can’t take this anymore
The memory
Is all I see
So now I’m walking out the door

It can’t be true
I dreamed of you a million times
Now here you are
But I’m so far away from you

The entity
I used to be
Is dead and won’t be coming back
The memory
It set me free
I can’t be living in the past

You said that I would never change
If you could see me here today you’d find it strange
A different life, a different face
A brand new heart, a brand new place

For all the times
For all the miles that lie between
For all the days
For all the ways you made me see

Don’t wanna be
The enemy
It’s time to leave it all behind
The memory
Will always be
A distant history in time

Back Down

Black inside my head
Thought I got away
But all of your screaming is bleeding me, breaking me down
There’s nothing left inside

When you left I thought you were done with me
But you turn around and made a run for me
Bitter relationship, what fun could that be
Used and abused is that what you think of me?

Back down away from me
Right now from what you see
Back down
Tonight is not the night for you to mess with me

How much can I take?
I’ve been so restrained
But all your deceiving is slowly misleading me down
The road of no return

Where do you come from, what do you think
That you can turn right around and it’d be all the same
I know your mistaken, you know that you’re wrong
Turn right around and move your ass along

Back down away from me
Right now from what you see
Back down
Tonight is not the night for you to mess with me

(Bridge)

Back down away from me
Right now from what you see
Back down
Tonight is not the night for you to mess with me
Back down away from me
Right now my rage is free
Back down
Tonight you’ll see the pain explode inside of me
Back down
Back down
Back down

 

 

Spinning in My Head

I took a walk outside my brain
And when I came home things had changed
Someone else had broken in
Locked me out won’t let me in

Now I’m spinning in my head
I can’t see the truth
It’s all mangled in my mind
I can’t tell you why

I feel a new kind of fear
A picture left painted unclear
If I only had the time
If I only had my mind

Now I’m spinning in my head
I can’t see the truth
It’s all mangled in my mind
I can’t tell you why
Why I’m spinning in my head
I can’t find the key
To get untangled from my mind
Can you help me now?

Now I’m spinning in my head
I can’t see the truth
It’s all mangled in my mind
I can’t tell you why
Why I’m spinning in my head
I can’t find the key
To get untangled from my mind
Can you help me now?

Tears

She used to feel so warm inside, it’s been a while
She was the source of all his pride, she made him smile
He used to hold her oh so tight, he kept her safe when it was night
And when she cried he play his song, but now the music has all gone

There was a time when everything was in it’s place
And everyone would gather ‘round to see his face
He always knew just what to say, he made her laugh along the way
He always made it feel so right, but he’s been taken from this life

When it’s raining from the sky, it's just the tears because he cries
In his heart he feels your love, he will always be above

As the years have passed her by, she can’t forget
Even though she lives her life, she feels regret
She wasn’t there to say good bye, but she can’t travel back in time
It doesn’t matter anyway, 'cause he’s still with her everyday

When it’s raining from the sky, it’s just the tears because he cries
In his heart he feels your love, he will always be above
Smiling down upon your face, he will never go away
Filled his soul with all your love, he will always be above