Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions

Tesla Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions Lyrics
1.Song & Emotion

Lyricist:Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, Michael Barbiero, Tom Skeoch

I see him there most every day
A lonely man and his guitar
But in his eyes, I see the pain
And all the faces and the places, all the trouble that he'd
seen, oh yeah

There was a time, there was a day
They'd come from miles around, they all knew his name
But day's gone by are gone, now only memories remain

Then he starts to play, suddenly the pain slowly fades away
Oh tattered, torn and frayed, there's a place within his heart
He'll always save, the song and emotion
Know he's got to his dyin' day, song and emotion

Well you can hear him play
Well if you listen, you can still hear him say
Better run for cover, 'cause it looks like rain again
It looks like rain again

And now his life is but a shadow of his dreams
The calm is over, been stormin' for years
He turns, he leans his shoulder to the wind
Lost again

All along, on his way to the top
Somehow, somewhere, something was lost
But through it all he knew his only friend
That was, song and emotion
Know he's got to his dyin' day, song and emotion

Where are they now
Where are those people who promised him his dreams?
Where are they now for this lonely creature on the streets?
Broken, humbled by the cold reality
Life at the top ain't always what it seems

Now better run for cover, 'cause it looks like rain again
You best be careful of what you dream
Of what you dream, oh yeah, oh oh yeah, oh
Oh yeah

Song and emotion
Song and emotion
Song and emotion
Song and emotion


2.Second Street (acoustic)

I could fry an egg on the street,
But it's so cold inside.
Just trying to be me,
I can barely stay alive.
Never mind to make ends meat,
I learned to survive.
I can handle defeat,
But I refuse to be denied.

Life it goes on after all,
But me, I stumble and I fall,
Good for you who feel complete,
'cause I'm here stuck on second street.
I'll take the hit, I'll take the fall
With my back against the wall.
Don't forget, remember me,
'cause I'm still stuck on second street.

Now I got to keep it real,
Right from the start.
Show exactly what I feel,
Deep with in my heart.
It's so clear what we go to do,
No matter how hard.
'cause a dream, it can't come true,
Until we do our part


Stuck on second street
Stop by to see me any time you want I'm always here,
In the shadows of the night living in the darkest spheres.
Don't walk alone, stray far from home, my dear stay near, until
you learn
There's no return
There's no return
There's no return
There's no return


Life it goes on after all.
I'll take the hit, I'll take the fall,
With my back against the wall,
Don't forget, remember me, still stuck on second street.


3.Better Off Without You (acoustic)

Thoughts of you to start my day. All the things you used to say.
Loving you is just a memory. But that's the way that it's got to
be.

CHORUS:
Better off without you. I'm better off on my own. Better off
without you. I know that I must be strong. I've got to carry on.
I'm better off without you.

So many miles of memories. Of the way our life used to be.
Holding you in the morning light. Now I just can't seem to get
you off my mind.

CHORUS:
Better off without you. I'm better off on my own. Better off
without you. I know that I must be strong. I've got to carry on.
I can't convince myself. But I know it's true. I'm better off
without you.

Tables turned, lessons learned. A lessons been learned so well.
Goes to show that you never know. There's a part of me that
can't believe. But if you love somebody you got to set em free.

CHORUS:
Better off without you. I'm better off on my own. Better off
without you. I know that I must be strong. I've got to carry on.
I keep telling myself that it can't be true. I'm better off
without you.


4.I Love You (acoustic)


When I was younger man I hadn't a care
Foolin' around, hitting the town, growing my hair
You came along and stole my heart when you entered my life
Ooh babe you got what it takes so I made you my wife

Since then I never looked back
It's almost like living a dream
And ooh I love you

You came along from far away and found me here
I was playin' around, feeling down, hittin' the beer
You picked me up from off the floor and gave me a smile
You said you're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's
walk for awhile

And as my head was spinnin' 'round
I gazed into your eyes
And thought ooh I want you

Thank you babe for being a friend
And shinin' your light in my life
'cause ooh I need you
As my head was comin' round
I gazed into your eyes
And thought ooh I want you

Thanks again for being my friend
And straightenin' out my life
'cause ooh I need you

Since then I never looked back
It's almost like livin' a dream
Ooh I got you

If ever a man had it all
It would have to be me
And ooh I love you


5.Into The Now (acoustic)

The future's on it's way, the past is gone*
Old and rusted, with your busted bones
Break the crystal ball, you're on your own
Wipe away the fear of the unknown

Now, here we go, on with the show
Makin' our way, just living for today
It's in my sight, and the time is right
For takin' a bow, into the now

Guilty of communication crimes
Was it just a binge, or was I blind
Overcoming opened up my mind
Don't let the things from the past eat you up inside

Now, here we go, on with the show
Makin' our way, just living for today
It's in my sight, and the time is right
For takin' a bow, into the now

Is it love that you break, or is it love that you make
Is it love we're breaking, love we're making, or love just
wasting time

Now, here we go, and it's on with the show
Makin' our way, just living for today
It's in my sight, and the time is right
For takin' a bow, into the now
Now, here we go, on with the show
Makin' our way, just living for today
It's in my sight, and the time is right
For takin' a bow, into the now


6.Hang Tough To (acoustic)

Took a shot to the chin*
Looks like you just can't win
In this do or die situation.
And it's harder than it seems
To survive, keep alive and make your dreams,
Make your dreams all come true.

You gotta, you gotta give it your best shot.
Give it ev'rything you got.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough. Hang tough.

Sometimes love can make you blue.
A heartache made just for you.
But you can't let it bring ya down.
If you should stumble, if you should fall,
Pick yourself up off the floor.
Fight for what's right and stand your ground.

You gotta give it your best shot.
Give it ev'rything you got.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough. Hang tough.
When the goin' gets rough.
Hang tough. You got to give it all you've got.
Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground.
Don't you let it get you down.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!

You stay locked away inside your room
'Cause you don't know what this world is comin' to.
Hummingbird hums 'cause he don't know the words
And the piper will play 'cause he don't know what to say.
He's alot like you, yeah. Oh, he's alot like you, yeah.
He tries hard ev'ry day to be free and fly away. Yeah!

Hang tough, oh, when the goin' gets rough.
Hang tough. You've got to give it all you got.
Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground.
Don't you let it get you down.
Oh, you gotta hang tough.

Hang tough. Oh, you got to give it all you got. You gotta
Hang tough. Don't you let it get you down.
Hang tough. No! Oh, you gotta hang tough.
Hang tough.
Hang tough!


7.Edison's Medicine Medicine (acoustic)

You're guilty of crime in the first degree*
Second and third as well.
My jury finds you'll be serving your time
When you go straight to hell.

'Cause he was Lord of the Lightning,
Though 'socially fright'ning',
But never out to sell.

Their nickels and pence
Meant more than did sense,
And not the sensible thing.

Nor did the man outta time, man outta time.
Thought you was crazy. You was one of a kind.
Man outta time, man outta time.
All along, world was wrong. You was right.

All that he saw, all he conceived,
They just could not believe.
Steinmetz and Twain were friends that remained,
Along with number three.
He was electromagnetic, completely kinetic,
'New Wizard of the West.'
But they swindled and whined that he wasn't our kind,
And said Edison knew best.

He was the man outta time, man outta time.
Thought you was crazy. You was one of a kind.
Man outta time, man outta time.
Said you was outta your mind!

You took a shot and it did you in.
Edison's medicine.
You played your cards, but you couldn't win.
Edison's medicine.

I spent twelve years of hard time,
More like the best years of my life.
Never heard or read a single word
About 'the man' and his 'wicked mind.'
They'll sell you on Marconi.
Familiar, but a phony.
Story goes they sold their souls
And swore that you'd never know...

About the man outta time, man outta time.
Thought you was crazy. You was one of a kind.
Man outta time, man outta time.
Swore you was outta your mind!

You took a shot and it did you in.
Edison's medicine.
You played your cards, but you couldn't win.
Edison's medicine.


8.What You Give Give (acoustic)

Who's the one that makes you happy?*
Or maybe, who's the one always on your mind?
And who is the reason you're livin' for?
Who's the reason for your smile?

I feel so lonely, yet I know I'm not the only one
To ever feel this way.
I love ya so much that I think I'm goin' insane.
I'm goin' crazy, outta my head.
Goin' crazy, outta my head.
Can't think about nothin' but your good, good love,
And what you give.

Now, ev'ry one needs somebody.
And you know, ev'rybody needs someone.
Well, and a-yes it's true!
Ev'rybody needs a special kind of love,
And you're the only one I'm thinkin' of.
You mean the world to me.
You are my only!

I feel so lonely, yet I know I'm not the only one
To carry on this way.
I love ya so much I lose track-a time,
Lose track of the days.
I'm goin' outta my head,
Goin' crazy, outta my head.
Can't think about a-nothin' but your good, good love,
And what you give.

It's not whatcha got, it's a-what you give.
It ain't the life you choose, it's the life you live.
It's only what you give, only what you give, only what you give,
It's not whatcha got, a-but the life you live.
It's the life you live.

You're the one that makes me happy. Oh yeah baby.
And you're the one always on my mind. And a-yes it's true.
You are my reason, my one and only that I've been livin' for
Why can't forever be forever and nothin' more. (To Chorus)

It's not whatcha got, it's a-what you give.
It ain't the life you choose, it's the life you live.
No, no, no, no, no!
It's not whatcha got, it's a-what you give.
And it ain't what it's not, but a-what it is!

Only what you give, only what you give. It's only what you give.
It's not whatcha got, a-but a-what you give.
It's not whatcha got, it's a-what you give. A-what you give
woman.
It ain't the life you choose, it's the life you live.
It's only what you give, only what you give, only what you give,
It's not whatcha got, but a-what you give.
It's only what you give. Only what you give. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Only what you give. Only what you give.
Only what you give, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is that good enough for the girls we run around with?
I do believe so. Ooh, ooh, uh-huh.
Only what you give, what you give. Only what you give.
Only what you give.


9.Shine Away Away (acoustic)

All is well, as it could ever be*
All is well, as it could ever be

All is well, as it could ever be
All is well, as it could ever, it could ask for

Me, I told myself that I'd get better, and I knew I would
But I said that a thousand times
Said the same in the letters that I wrote to you
Guess you thought it's that same old line

Ooh I know, but the rest of my soul it don't ever need a reason
why
Told myself I'd get over it and over you, never will till the
day I die

This won't take long, shouldn't take but a minute
I got you right here in my heart
It's only human, it's only natural, it's love or animal
There you are, so far away, but instead I got it right here in
my face

Shine away, shine away, one look at you and I can see the light
of day
Shine away, shine away, 'cos I'm afraid of what could happen
If you shine my way, don't you shine my way

Now that it's over, I ask myself the reason why
Told myself I'd forget about, forget you
Now it's changed it don't feel so right

Ooh I know, but the rest of my soul it don't ever need a reason
why
Love you so and always will, love to love you even still
Now there you are, so far away, all the while I got it right
here in my face

Shine away, shine away, one look at you and I can see the light
of day
Shine away, shine away, 'cos I'm afraid of what could happen
If you shine my way
Shine away, shine away, I got somebody sittin' home, waitin' for
me yeah
Shine away, shine away, you make it hard for somebody
Who don't want to play, and I want to play


I told myself that I'd get better, and I knew I would
But I said that ten thousand times
Guess you thought it's that same old line

This won't take long, shouldn't take but a minute
I got you right here in my heart
It's only human, it's only natural, it's love or animal
Now there you are, so far away, all the while I got it right
here in my face

Shine away, shine away, one look at you and I can see the light
of day
Shine away, shine away, 'cos I'm afraid of what could happen
If you shine my way
Shine away, shine away, I got somebody sittin' home and waitin'
for me
Shine away, shine away, shine away, shine away, shine away

Shine away, shine away, shine away, shine away, shine away


10.Changes Changes (acoustic)

Changes, time's makin' changes in my life*
Rearrangin', can't seem to stop the hands of time
I remember, I was so young, I was much too young to see
Now I'm older, growing older, and I see things differently
Oh can't you see, it's changin' you and me

Time's makin' changes, time's makin' changes in my life
Time's rearrangin', changin' you and me

Faces, strange faces cloud my mind
Empty traces, make it hard for me to find
Somewhere in the distance, is there someone who awaits
For that moment I am taken over by the hands of fate
Can't you see, the world is changin' me


Nothin' ever stays the same, it's always gonna change
I'm on my way, yeah yeah


Changes, time's makin' changes in my life
Rearrangin', always changin', can't seem to stop the hands of
time
Can't you see, it's changin' everything


Oh all these changes


11.Alot To Lose Lose (acoustic)

I thought I saw the light, was it real or something I'm
imagining*
I thought I saw the light, if it was then tell me, did you see
it too
Did you see the light, if you did now tell me, could you feel it
too
Hey I saw the light, yeah tell me that you saw the light

I don't know why I even do it, all I know is I'm so glad
We always make it through it, one way or another
We're gonna make it or break

I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to
lose
I got alot of love for you and only you

I don't know how we even do it, all I know is I'm so glad
We always make it through it, one more time now baby

Got me two times a wife, just like my mother
She's there to love and understand
Got me two times a wife, she really does have a touch just like
no other hands
The sparkle in my eye, too many times I left her there alone at
night
The way you light up my life, yeah your love is two times as
nice

I don't know how we make it through it, all I know is I'm so
glad
We always seem to do it, one way or another
We're gonna make it or break

I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to
lose
I got alot of love for you and only you
I got alot of love for you, I do, and that's the way it should
be

I don't know why we even do it, all I know is I'm so glad
We always make it through it, one more time now friend


I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to
lose
I got alot of love for you and only you and nobody else but you
I got alot of love for you, I guess that means I got alot to
lose
I got alot of love for you and only you and no one else but you
my friend
Oh, nobody else but you my friend

(I got a lot of love for you) I got a lot, I got a lot, a lot of
love for you
(I got a lot of love for you) I do, oh I feel I got a lot to
lose


12.Caught In A Dream (acoustic)

Now, if you can imagine this, the whole world sharing one big
kiss*
These are thoughts all through my brain, that I daydream
everyday
That I'm alive and well, and right now, I'm alive, I'm
feeling...well
It's my life to live my way, so I'll keep daydreaming away
And who knows, maybe someday, it will all come true
And I will get my way, and we will live as one

I'm caught up in a dream, I'm gonna wish for it all
No one's gonna tell me how, no way, this is my dream now
I'm caught up in what seems simply impossible
I ain't gonna change a thing, no way, it's my dream

And what cannot will be done, for every living thing under the
sun
Forget color, forget race, and just be one big happy face
Among this sea of people, live among God's creatures, sharing
love
That was sent down from above, here to share with one another
Father, brother, sister, mother, everybody sharing love, sharing
love

I'm caught up in a dream, I'm gonna wish for it all
No one's gonna tell me how, no way, this is my dream now
I'm caught up in what seems simply impossible
I ain't gonna change a thing, no way, it's my dream, this is my
dream

What if...I close my eyes and everything will be alright
Here in my fantasy, living in harmony
Make my dream come alive

I'm caught up in a dream, I'm gonna wish for it all
No one's gonna tell me how, no way, this is my dream now
I'm caught up in what seems simply impossible
I ain't gonna change a thing, no way, it's my dream
I'm caught up in a dream, I'm gonna wish for it all
No one's gonna tell me how, no way, this is my dream now
I'm caught up in what seems simply impossible
I ain't gonna change a thing, no way, it's my dream

Now, if you can imagine this, the whole world sharing one big
kiss
Take away the pain and hurt, make like heaven here on earth
Without reason to die, and given everlasting life for all