Lyrics || LEVI J
Time Slips By
It's half past noon and I ain't moved
I'm just writing this song
And this one's about you
A perfect shade of grey
Has been painting my world today
Ain't it funny honey
How Time Is Slippin By
Slippin by like the rocks in that river
That cool Montana water
How it made my body shiver
When I was younger
I never got to say goodbye to my father
But I'll see him again
Because my Time Is Slippin By
When I asked you to marry me
And you started to cry
I knew that right then
That I had to say goodbye
To a part of the man that I was
Inside before that day
Now we'll have Halloween on Christmas Eve
And do everything that we please
Because our Time Is Slippin By
Slippin by like that 4th of July
When the colors in the sky
Matched the shades of your eyes
And I wrote you this song
Every single word was I Love You
I'll believe it and I'll be it
And I'll speak it and I'll sing it for you
Because my Time Is Slippin By
Now when I go to the Big House
Way on up in the sky
I'll band on the door
And I'll scream and I'll cry
I'll say 'Let me in
I want to talk to the man in charge around here'
I'll say 'I should have done more talking
with you when I was below
But you know
My Time was Slippin By'
Slipping by like this Cailfornia sand
That's running through my toes
And right through my hands
And I hope
Well I hope you understand
I hope you understand
That every single time I say goodbye
It's 'cause my Time Is Slippin By
Well it's half past noon
And I still ain't moved
I'm still just writing this song
And it's still about you.
But I'm still a freight train running
On the tracks way out of control
I need to slow down and just enjoy the view
It's true
And watch the Time Slip By
LEAVING
I think I could watch the rain all day
From my bedroom window
Let it wash away
All the bad things that I've done
I am Leaving.
Leaving in the morning
To go running with the Wolves
Where I'm going
I don't know
But you go your way
And I go mine
I think I could watch the rain all day
From my bedroom window
Darling if I ever find the right words to say
You would be the first to know
And as I sit here looking up
At these grey skies there's only
One truth and 1,000 lies.
I am Leaving.
Leaving in the morning
To go running with the Wolves
Oh to be free
And feel my legs running underneath of me
That's exactly what I need
And you are
The strongest person that I know
So you'll make it with time
Where I'm going
I don't know
But you go your way
And I go mine
Mud To Stone
I've been asking myself
How long will it take to turn Mud Into Stone?
I've got a strong foundation beneath my feet
But I still need to grow
And I know way down deep you're just like me
You're just flesh and bone
But I can't understand how I can be the man
You want to be with for the rest of your life
Out of all the other men who have loved you my dear
How could I have been the one
Who gets to hold you in the middle of the evening
When you're sleeping like an angel in my bed
And you don't even seem to mind
That I keep running around the world taking my time
I'm trying trying to turn this love into something
We can hold Something gold
Baby I'm just trying to turn This Mud Into Stone
I been asking myself
How long will it take until I finally grow up?
Cause' I've been playing in the weeds
For too long Getting Dirty
I know way down deep it's finally time that I come clean
Because I can't understand how I can be the man
You want to be with for the rest of your life
Out of all the other men who have loved you my dear
How could I have been the one?
Without You
I used to spend my nights
In old dusty bar rooms
Singing the blues
Then you walked in
You opened the door
And the light shined though
I had some questions
Well the question was me
And the answer was you
I don't know what I would do
I don't know if I would be me
Without You
So you put with me
And all of my sh..
Everything I put us through
Now I know you're the one
I've been nervous
Nervous of commitment
But you make me feel strong
Red
Another colorless night
And I'm stuck in black and white
Bartender bring another drink
Down my way I'm gonna be here a while
A girl with sunset hair
Had my heart bleedin everywhere
When she told me we weren't going anywhere
Anymore
And blue had never looked so good
As it did on her
When she wore my hoodie around that town
That I can't stand to take another step in now
So I'm leaving
As soon as I can
But I couldn't help myself
Whenever I was with her
I couldn't help myself
Whenever I was around her
She put this music
Inside on my head
But now it's all Red
I used to dream in black
I'd lose my mind in Red
Waiting for the day
When I would see her walk the asile wearing white
She'd be wearing white
She'd be wearing white
And I can hear the train whistle blowin'
Through this dusty brown town
And I can help thinking about spray painting box cars
In the middle of the night when we were
At the rail road tracks
I couldn't help myself
Whenever I was around her
I couldn't help myself
Whenever I was with her
She put this music
Inside of my head
But now it's all Red Red Red
She painted my world with those
beautiful colors
And all I saw was Red
And I'd be lying if I said she wasn't on my mind
I would be lying and I'm not a liar
I would be lying
Lying if I said she wasn't on my mind
On my mind
All the god damn time
Now it's all Red
New Best Friend
Sunday morning in my room alone
And it's been raining all year
Never thought I’d see the sun again
But then I saw your face
And I know which way the wind is gonna blow
But lord knows which way a woman's heart will go
You’re hot but you’re no different
I'm going Home
Alone
With my guitar
I don't need No New Friends.
Hot damn there you were again
Looking twice as good
Red lips Long legs
Brown hair and hazel eyes
But a devil in disguise
You were like a bad black back tattoo
And I never wanted to get stuck on you
Like a bad black tatt
So hard to remove
Here we are
In the most unlikely of places
You're right inside my arms
I took my hand
Held it to your chest
I could feel your heart beating
It wasn't like the rest
I thought I could do one of two things
I could stay right here and fall in love
Or I could run
But then I thought
Forget those record deals
Who needs them when I've got you
Forget 10,000 people
I just want to sing for you tonight
You're like a sunrise on the move in the middle
Of my little itty-bitty heart
And I'm taking you home
You're like a rainbow after
The rain storm gone
You're my new best friend
And we're going home
Not alone
With my guitar
You're my new best friend
My City
I feel the love from My City
Underneath of my feet
As I'm walking down her streets
You know there ain't no place I'd rather be
No place I'd rather be than My City
I feel the love from these people
Everywhere that I go
They say 'Hey man, You playin that Rock N' Roll'
I said that ain't no place I'd rather be
No place I'd rather be than My City
I can feel the sun shining down over me
And the love that this town brings to me
But before you go and knock her down
Make sure that you come take a walk around
And find out why I got this love
For My City
I feel the love from My City
Like a drum beating inside of me
I feel her energy rushing through me
You know there ain't no place I'd rather
Than underneath these city lights with you
You know there ain't no place I'd rather be
Thank this here community. My City
You know the sun may rise in an East Coast sky
But it sets over here on this California side
Arizona deep in my blood
Grew up in that Florida Sun
Take me back to Santa Fe to another time and place
San Diego up to the Bay everybody's gonna know my name
Jump on stage in NYC all my East Coast peeps come visit me
Find me in Chicago Maybe Colorado
Road trip to Austin or go visit my mom in Oregon
Texas in July Nashville in June
Portland and Seattle I'll be back to see you soon
Detroit deep in my soul Got love for Baltimore
Wake up a Midwest Sky Sleep under a Big Sky Night
But at the end of the day I'm headed back to San Jose
Cause California I could never stay away.
California I could never stay away.
From My City
I feel the love from My City
Underneath of my feet
As I'm walking down her streets
You know there ain't no place I'd rather be
No place I'd rather be than this city.
Big Fish
Life ain't always easy living in a small town
The sun comes up before you know it
It's going right back down
The world's gonna keep on spinnin'
Around and around
And all the people want to know
What's going down
But I could still hear people talkin'
On things they don't know about
I tried not to listen to em'
But I could hear them say
He's a
Big Fish from a little pond
Doing big things in all the wrong ways
He'll never make it out of town
He'll be back around
When life's not going his way
I could just hear those haters talking sh..
He's never gonna make it far
He's never gonna leave this town
He's just a Big Fish in a small pond.
I kicked the door down
And I was North bound
Big city dreams on my little mind
Leaving that dusty town behind
I was working real hard
Trying to get real far
And kept on singing those
Little town blues
He's just a
Big Fish from a little pond
Doing big things in all the wrong ways
He'll never make it in the city
Where the spot lights bright
He just don't have the guts
I could just hear those haters talkin' sh..
He's never gonna make it far
Not in this big city
He's just a Big Fish from a small pond
Chapter 3 begins with you and me
We bought a little house
Inside this big city
And I'm going far
And you're coming too
Because I ain't doing nothing
If it's without you
I know someday people will be saying
I can't believe he made
And we're hanging around
This little hill-billy town
Big Fish in the big city
Singing big love songs
He was out of the little town
Holding him down
Started living life his way
I can't wait until I could hear those haters say
I can't believe he made
Damn that kid got famous
Small fish small town
Big dreams no chance
You'll never make it if you don't start somewhere
You've got to start living life your way
No don't you listen to a single word they say
Their words are gonna cut you like a knife
Good thing we're packing heat
But life ain't easy living in a small town
California
I got a song way down in my soul
Screaming out just waiting to be told
It's like the holy ghost
I can't see him but I know he's there
And I've been everywhere
But nothing's quite as lovely
As this view from the pier
Except her eyes
When they're looking right back at mine
I get my feet wet in this new city
And all the women are so damn pretty
But you were flying by
Asked if I would like a ride
Now I'm terrified
Lord knows I don't fly
But we got so high
And all I ever do is fall
To the South I'm seeing Mexico
To the North big cities where I never go
She's as far back East as she could be
And it don't get no more West than you and me
And it don't get no more West than this
Slow Southern California Day
A perfect night we spent in Ocean Beach
Crowded room full of busy people laughing
There you were in the Sunshine Saloon
Burning like a ball of blazing sun
There I was with my guitar in my hands
And girl it was only me and you
So come on darling slow me down
My Slow Southern California Day
Heart & Soul
Hello. How are you?
I know we haven't met. But I sure know you.
I've been playing behind this microphone
since 2002.
You're like the pretty girls
I used to know way back in high school
I just wanted to impress you
Singing in clubs singing in pubs
singing in bars are back yards
And patios and everywhere else that I would go
Something inside's been screaming keep it alive
The music that I write to never let it die
I got my finger on the trigger and I'm ready to slip
I'm whippin bars like MARS
Who's mixing all your candy bars
Driving down South on the 280 now
Headed to my show you can call me Stone Cold
Cause I'm Stunning with the flow
People whipping out their phones
Just to say they got something to show
I'm screaming this is my Heart this is Soul
Wear them on my sleeve
So other people know who the hell I am
You know I never give a damn
What other people think about me
Now I'm on the microphone
And I'm never gonna give it up
This is my Heart & Soul
Wear them on my sleeve just so other people know
Who the hell I am
When I'm singing my songs at the top of my lungs
Pouring out my blood sweat and tears
Into every one of my songs
And I'm never letting go
My Heart & My Soul
Well I ain't done yet I'm still rippin this set
I got a gang of songs call me Genghis Khan
Conquering these venues and these open mic nights
Tearing off the roof like I got something to prove
I'm singing songs like Jack Johnson & Dave Matthews
I was born on Sublime who wrote the dopest rhymes
Like some Zeppelin some old Rolling Stones
Jimmy Page on stage man rippin solos
Like the Beatles Bob Dylan and Bob Marley man
That music lives inside of me and I'm a super fun
Some Fall Out Boy and Blink NFG and Lit
Punk rock bands making massive hits
And I'm still down with some metal
Like some old Atreyu As I Lay Lamb of God Slipknot dude
But my favorite band has always been you babe
Thanks for putting up with me and all the shit I do
You know I left Arizona to come be with you
We got a little house and a little dog now
And you can look at all the love that we found
But babe I gotta put my drink down
Cause now I'm on the microphone
And I'm never gonna give it up
I've been working to hard for it
This is my Heart & Soul
Wear them on my sleeve so other people know
Who the hell I am
When I'm singing my songs at the top of my lungs
Pouring blood sweat and tears
Into every one of my songs
And I'm never letting go
My Heart & My Soul