Forever If Ever

Jon McLaughlin Forever If Ever Lyrics
1.Without You Now

these days I leave the lights on
and the front door open when I sleep
I wake up with the night before
lingering between my teeth

I answer to no one
you're gone and I am free

and I know I can't live without you now
I'm just looking for what we already found
so maybe I'll say I'm sorry
save me from the heartache
I know I can't live without you no

I buy the kinds of clothes now
that you always said you did not like
and I've been hanging with this other girl
let's just say she's not your type

but it's a lie that I'm living out
and the truth's just sinking in

and I know I can't live without you now
I'm just looking for what we already found
so maybe I'll say I'm sorry
save me from the heartache
I know I can't live without you no
think it over...
we could be lovers...again

and I know I can't live without you now
I'm just looking for what we already found
so maybe I'll say I'm sorry
save me from the heartache
I know I can't live without you no
and I know I can't live without you now
I'm just looking for what we already found
so maybe I'll say I'm sorry
save me from the heartache
I know I can't live without you no


2.A Little Too Hard (And A Little Too Fast)

everyone's coming over tonight
I swept the floor and bought some ice
and I'm picking out something to wear
as I try to guess the way she'll do her hair

I'm blowing up they're showing up fast
I realize I wore this shirt last time I saw you
man life moves...
a little too hard and a little too fast
we keep talking 'bout good ol' days
like they're gonna come back
yeah it's nice to see you again
why do the summers have to end?

let the reminiscing begin
pull out old pictures,
man what where we thinking?
like my bleached hair with that old shirt
we look so stupid, well, except for her
and even though everything has changed
time is only half to blame
and tonight it's true
man, life moves
a little too hard and a little too fast
we keep talking 'bout good ol' days
like they're gonna come back
yeah it's nice to see you again
why do the summers have to end?

life moves
a little too hard and a little too fast
we keep talking 'bout good ol' days
like they're gonna come back
yeah it's nice to see you again
yeah I will like to see you again
and I've got to see her again
for the summer end


3.Summer Is Over

autumn never seemed this cold before
here I am sleeping on the floor
we changed just like the leaves
outside my house
and my phone lay silent by the couch

I remember June
back when I met you
and your eyes were green
and we were, too
but summer is over
we were tangled in the morning sun
felt you getting colder
and we knew that we would come undone
it's back to my town, back to your life
gray skies are blowing a kiss goodbye to the lovers
summer is over

I can still see your silhouette
in the white hot sand
I still feel my ring on your hand
and the clock was always ticking down
behind that glass
singing 'love, be good while you last'

but we both knew
what we were getting into
and the things we said
sounded true
but summer is over
we were tangled in the morning sun
felt you getting colder
and we knew that we would come undone
it's back to my town, back to your life
gray skies are blowing a kiss goodbye to the lovers
summer is over
the distant innocence
we are leaving far behind
your last words will be burning in my mind
in the winter time

but summer is over
we were tangled in the morning sun
felt you getting colder
and we knew that we would come undone
it's back to my town, back to your life
gray skies are blowing a kiss goodbye to the lovers
but summer is over
we were tangled in the morning sun
felt you getting colder
and we knew that we would come undone
it's back to my town, back to your life
gray skies are blowing a kiss goodbye to the lovers
summer is over


4.Promising Promises

I wake up cold and sweaty
is it morning already?
I hate the sun for setting on yesterday
when I wrote my feelings
on the walls and ceilings
like drugs I'm dealing and you just walked away
the trees all sway and swing
the wind and I are both singing...
I was giving you everything I had to give
wasn't it enough?
all those promising promises were on your lips
but you wouldn't give them up

so let me just say for the record
you can spare me the lecture
cause ever since I met you I've been lonely
your smile don't hide you
I see the teeth that you lie through
do I need to remind you that I'm only...
hanging by a string
I close my eyes and spin...singing...
I was giving you everything I had to give
wasn't it enough?
all those promising promises were on your lips
but you wouldn't give them up

and I was giving you everything I had to give
wasn't it enough?
all those promising promises were on your lips
truely you wouldn't give them up
I was giving you everything I had to give
wasn't it enough?
all those promising promises were on your lips
but you wouldn't give them up


5.If Only I

in this old cafe
I come here everyday and watch you
I watch you
sometimes I hear your voice
over all the noise you bleed through
and I hear you

slowly all the faces turn to yours
like no one else exists anymore
and I'd talk to you if only I could speak
and I'd dream of you if I could fall asleep

people say love is hell
a shiny prison cell where time stops
but the door's unlocked
now you're apart of me
trust me I've tried to leave
I've tried to walk
but I'm all talk
slowly all the faces turn to yours
like no one else exists anymore
I'd talk to you if only I could speak
and I'd dream of you if I could fall asleep

then I stand up and go talk to you
you start to smile like you want me to
and we stay together for the end of time
but this is only happening in my mind

slowly all the faces turn to yours
like no one else exists anymore
and I bet for you if only I could speak
and I'd dream of you if I could fall asleep

I'd dream of you if I could fall asleep


6.Maybe It's Over

all of the signs point
all of the voices inside your head
are speaking phrases coined
by those who say things I've never said

all of the cars drive
on the other side
and we're the only ones
burning in their headlights

singing maybe it's over
but I don't feel it
if we wanted forever
baby, we gotta steal it
I'll hold the last straw
with my back against the wall
singing maybe it's over
but I don't feel it at all

every night we lie awake
love never asks for the time that she takes
I can feel you slipping away
we're falling through the holes
and cracks from our mistakes
we're singing maybe it's over
but I don't feel it
if we wanted forever
baby, we gotta steal it
I'll hold the last straw
with my back against the wall
singing maybe it's over
but I don't feel it at all
this love won't stop
I'm looking out for one more shot
don't tell me everything I've got
is not enough

this love won't stop
I'm looking out for one more shot
don't tell me everything I've got
is not enough

we're singing maybe it's over
but I don't feel it
if we wanted forever
baby, we gotta steal it
I'll hold the last straw
with my back against the wall
singing maybe it's over
so maybe it's over
but I don't feel it at all


7.What I Want

man you got a problem
with everything I say and do
you're drawing lines in the sand
like an army's right behind you

standing on your soap box
bashing things that I stand for

we could have a conversation
if you would just stop keeping score

'cuz I'll go do exactly what I want
you can say that I'm the one to blame
I'll go do exactly what I want
and I hope you do the same

the sun revolves around a world
you swear is black and white
but you've had your eyes closed for so long
you've forgotten what it looks like

I'm from Indiana, she made me what I've become
everybody has their reasons
and one is always where they're from

so I'll go do exactly what I want
you can say that I'm the one to blame
I'll go do exactly what I want
and I hope you do the same
oh oh oh
and I hope you do the same
oh oh oh
and I hope you do the same

I won't be wasting my time
caring about your opinion
so go ahead and try
to find somebody who'll listen
cause I can't hear you
and I'll go do exactly what I want
you can say that I'm the one to blame
and I'll go do exactly what I want
can I hope you do the same
oh oh oh
I hope you do the same
oh oh oh
I hope you do the same


8.I'll Follow You

people tell me there will come a time
when your heart and mine will grow cold
no more staring at the evening sky
low replaces high when you're old

as long as you're around I'll follow you
you won't ever be alone
as long as you're around I'll follow you
now I will be wherever you go

they say the future is our enemy
time eventually will set the sun
but I believe in you and you believe in me
how can we ever go wrong?

as long as you're around I'll follow you
heart is million gonna break
as long as you're around I'll follow you
and I will give whatever love takes

so be patient baby
hold me close
I hope you understand
you're a beautiful woman
and I'm just a man

so in the hours of the darkest kind
when it's hard to find who we are
one can stare into the other's eyes
be each other's light in the dark
as long as you're around I'll follow you
you won't ever be alone
as long as you're around I'll follow you
and I will be wherever you go


9.You Are What I'm Here For

we've been down this road once before
guessing what's behind every door
I know it doesn't make much sense
but I can't change the way it is
mirrors on the walls all agree
I'm looking at myself and I can't see
any reason why you should stay here
you're so good it's out of place
baby, there's so much
that I don't know it's crazy
everything I started with is fading
so I will lock my eyes to yours
cause you are what I'm here for

talking to myself once again
there are days when I won't let you in
buying time I keep you in suspense
I realize it makes no sense
baby, there's so much
that I don't know it's crazy
everything I started with is fading
so I will lock my eyes to yours
cause you are what I'm here for

shout out, the future's so unsure
when you're the only one I'm living for
dark clouds, the rain can only pour
when you're the only one I'm living for

baby, there's so much
that I don't know it's crazy
everything I started with is fading
fading into space and stars
this is who we are now
lately you're the one
who's doing all the saving
I'm looking 'round it's only complicating
so I will lock my eyes to yours
cause you are what I'm here for


10.I Brought This On Myself

I'm trying everything
I know how to do just to breathe
all of the walls around are closing in on me
you said you'd be here for a minute
now the minute has passed
all of the egg shells
I'm walking on are feeling like glass

I wanted out, you wanted in
and here again
nothing ever stays the way it should've been
the sun is down
and now and then
it never ends
but I can't complain
cause I brought this on myself

let's round up everyone around
and see what they have to say
the sun is setting
and we're all getting tired of the games
you wash your hands of every word
we heard come out of your mouth
if that's an apology
I must just not be used to the sound

I wanted out, you wanted in
and here again
nothing ever stays the way it should've been
the sun is down
and now and then
it never ends
but I can't complain
cause I brought this on myself

I wanted out, you wanted in
and here again
nothing ever stays the way it should've been
the sun is down
and now and then
it never ends
but I can't complain
cause I brought this on myself

I brought this on myself


11.My Girl Tonight

I might be stupid to think I could
buy you dinner when some better man should
but here goes my manhood
so we order food I can't afford
you look so perfect
maybe I should talk more
I could probably talk more

then I kiss you for the first time
your lips fit between mine
the taste is filling my mind
with the rest of our lives
you are my girl tonight

I follow blindly where you go
you know the me that
no one else on earth knows
and there goes my ego
we cannot sleep in separate beds
so I ask the question and it
hasn't left my mouth yet
and I hear you say yes

then I kiss you for the first time
as husband and as wife
the taste is filling my mind
with the rest of our lives
you are my girl tonight

some love is real and some is fake
I used to think my heart just healed to break
that was before our first date
it's hard to say what true love is
all I know my dear is we define it
and in me you'll always find it

so I kiss you all the time
cause your lips fit between mine
the taste fills my mind
with the rest of our lives
you are my girl tonight
you are my girl tonight


12.These Crazy Times

time's just a passin'
everyone's find if you ask 'em
like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles
when it gets real bad
I'll just raise your glass
we might as well laugh before we cry
oh these crazy times

all the stores are closing early
half the factories shut down
people are sleeping in the allies
cause we could only bail a couple out
talking heads on the tv
try to tell us what to do
how do you separate the truth from the fake
cause man I ain't got a clue

time's just a passin'
everyone's find if you ask 'em
like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles
when it gets real bad
I'll just raise your glass
we might as well laugh before we cry
oh these crazy times

I close my eyes and remember
the ones we lost last spring
rising profits mix with goodness
like that oil in the sea

time's just a passin'
everyone's find if you ask 'em
like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles
when it gets real bad
I'll just raise your glass
we might as well laugh before we cry
oh these crazy times

I remember when
but forget how long it's been
since we all lived in peace
but you can't just sit and grieve
the growing gap between
what we know and believe

time's just a passin'
everyone's find if you ask 'em
like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles
when it gets real bad
I'll just raise your glass
we might as well laugh before we cry
oh these crazy times