Time To Stand

The Belleville Outfit Time To Stand Lyrics
1.Time To Stand

They told me all the things to do
So I could lead a life like them.
Now it's my choice to sink below
the water's edge or swim,
the water's edge or swim.
To crawl and then to walk
is how the maker lays our path.
Before we realize our time,
We're running from our past,
running from our past.
I lay here and surrender,
fear to understand.
Silently the night will pass,
Illuminate our plan
Illuminate our plan.
So listen with your gleaming ears
All who walk our broken land.
You've crawled, you've walked,
you've run away,
But now it's time to stand,
now it's time to stand.


2.Sunday Morning

Oh keen Mr. Dark took a seat in the park,
That's where he liked to watch the sun come up.
But darling Mrs. Day was sleeping in today,
Deciding that she'd leave the darkness be.
So I just slept in too, I had nothing else to do.
Glass figurines danced circles in my dreams.
Because what I once pursued leaves me cold and overdue.
On Sunday morning, I'm always missing you.
And it's always worse on the days
where nothing happens anyway,
Just a day in the life of a full time fool.
Damned if I don't, but damned if I do,
On Sunday morning, I'm always missing you.
If I could dream it all away,
there would be nothing left to say.
I'd have it all; I'd be sixty-three feet tall.
Because what I once pursued,
leaves me cold and overdue,
On Sunday morning, I'm always missing you.


3.Nothing's Too Good For My Baby

'Cause nothing's too good for my baby,
For my baby, sugar baby.
I said, nothing's too good for my baby,
'Cause my baby's so good and kind to me.
When he holds me in his arms,
Oh those big and brawny arms,
My happy heart goes right up to the sky.
He makes me think of pretty things
Maybe even wear that wedding ring
And if it was for him, I'd learn to bake a pie
And just for you I'd hit you in your eye.
And just for you I'd like to see you try.
And just for you I'd learn to bake a pie.


4.Let Me Go

When I get my chance, when I get my call,
I'm going to tear off the roof; I'm going to shake these walls.
You should've seen it coming, should have known I'd run.
Oh, mama let me go.
If I lose all i could, I'd be standing int he shoes
that my daddy stood.
There's something in my way each and every day.
Oh, let me go.
And I'd thank the lord, every day,
But he probably wouldn't listen, wouldn't care anyway.
Let the curtain fall, that's the end of the show.
Oh, let me go.
So shout out loud at the top of your lungs,
Because everybody's dreaming,
it's a long, hard run. i've seen it all before,
and I can't take it no more.
Oh, let me go.
Keep on moving, forget what they say,
You can't get where you're going on a broke down train.
It's a thousand miles, but I'm right on time.
Oh, let me go.


5.Once And For All

When I know you're far away, I see you every single
day. You make me high, when I close my eyes.
How indiscreet, you often seem like just another dream,
I try to hide, but I'm far too satisfied.
Perhaps I'm even older now,
still running from the truth somehow.
I worry that I'm worried all the time.
It seems it's almost all the same, an easy play,
a numbers game,
But I feel like a fool.
So I nailed my heart to the wall,
and like a fatal falling star I can't recall.
But that's how it should be, after all.
So I quit being scared, once and for all.
If I had it all in my hands, love,
there'd be nothing to be scared of,
Hello again, my sweet and lovely friend.
When that summer sun goes down,
we'll be the last ones hanging 'round
'Cause in the end, it's just you and me, my friend.
It can catch you in a funny way,
like a rainy day or a ricochet,
And leave you fallen on your face and blind.
Oh all I need is solid ground, but all I see is sand around.
Won't you please let me stay a little longer?


6.Two Days Of Darkness

Two days of darkness since you went away, I feel the same
for you now as I did then.
Heart in a prison, won't you let me escape,
and come on home,
It's been two days of darkness.
Your eyes are the diamonds of the sky.
Your words are the tenderness I always try to hide.
But most of all when I think of you,
my heart comes alive.
And it reminds me of our reason to survive,
Your lips sing a sentimental song.
Your fingertips can't help but strum along.
And the dancers surrounding our favorite song,
Can't help but notice that your leaving me was wrong. And
everybody knows that sunlight makes us grow.
Everybody
feels it in the air.
Can't you understand that if the world was in my hands, I'd
hold you tightly, not so politely.


7.As Good As It Gets

Yes, it's a good day for singin' a song,
And it's a good day for movin' along,
Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong,
A good day from mornin' till night.

Yes, it's a good day for shinin' your shoes,
And it's a good day for losin' the blues,
Ev'rything to gain and nothin' to lose,
Cause it's a good day from mornin' till night.

I said to the sun, 'good mornin', sun.
Rise and shine, today'
You know you've gotta get goin'
If you're gonna make a showin'
And you know you've got the right of way

Cause it's a good day for payin' your bills,
And it's a good day for curin' your ills,
So take a deep breath and throw away your pills,
Cause it's a good day from mornin' till night.


8.She Went Away

Birds up in the sky, you know what I mean.
Breeze on which they fly, you know what I mean.
Sunlight through the trees, you know what I mean.
She went away.
River running free, you know what I mean.
Roll out to the sea, you know what I mean.
This desert's lonely tree, you know what I mean.
She went away.
Now I'm free to roam this great big land I know.
Since you went away, the colors seem to fade,
But I know it's not the light.
Seas of golden grain, you know what I mean.
The thunder in the rain, you know what I mean.
How can all this pain come from one ordeal?
She went away.


9.Fly On

Time will tell, if there's an answer
to the question int he end
When mountains crumble, rivers drain,
And both of us shall have no name,
we'll fade into the rain.
If I fell, it's not in vain for lack of confidence or shame. But
for the changing tides that rise within,
And change to me but change to them,
our lifetime just a whim.
I'm flying on.
So fly on, sweet dream maker, I'm flying next to you.
Formation changes with the wind,
each moment brings a new beginning to our love affair,
I'm flying on.
You decide which turn to make
while riding down the road.
You're giving all that you can give,
I'll try my hardest just to live,
our endless summer nights,
I'm flying on.
I'm holding on to everything I know,
Then out the door my dear,
I fear I'm letting go.


10.Safe

Hallelujah, he fooled you, made off with your heart.
Now he's calling and you'll fall in again.
But hold on man, because you can't stand
The weight on your shoulders, just let go,
don't follow him down
'cause darling of mine,
you're safe here at home in my arms.
Safe through the night, safe with me holding you tight.
On the outside, you can't hide
those years you've been passing,
Outlasting the best we gave you.
On the inside, it's so bright, despite all the living,
You've given enough for us all.
I know it's killing, the fire in your heart,
But you're just not willing, to give him what you've got.


11.Will This End In Tears

There's a story hiding beneath all the tension here.
And the truth sliding 'neath the words may reveal our fear.
Can we stop the time from ticking,
so that the truth can get a lick in?
Am I cold? Are you right? Will this end in tears?
There's a language speaking to me, every time you move.
It won't say, after the storm, will I win, will I lose?
Do I want to get this over,
or let it last and keep you near?
Am I cold? Are you right? Will this end in tears?
All the bottles are already empty,
the cigarettes burned to their core.
Can't find a tear, my eyes have dried.
Just tell me where will you lay your head tonight? There's
an answer under your lips, if only they'd speak. But I can't
ask the question until our honest eyes meet. If we're
through, please give me back
all my tender years.
Am I cold? Are you right? Will this end in tears?


12.Outside Looking In

Back in school, I played the clown.
I was there, but always on the outside,
looking out, getting down.
She fooled me, I fooled around.
I found out I liked it on the outside,
looking out, getting down.
Live, die, and be born and grow.
Get on up, you'll never know.
True belief, how sweet the sound.
But it's sweeter when you're on the outside,
looking out, getting down.


13.Love Me Like I Love You

If I needed you, I probably wouldn't see things through.
I never thought that I deserved you, but it's true,
I wish you'd love me like I love you.
If I saw things through,
I would have all my dreams come true.
I know I'm only scared of the truth, but it's true,
I wish you'd love me like I love you.
I'm wasting all my time here, being blue
Wasting my time, waiting on you.
I'm wasting all my time here, being blue
Wasting my time, waiting on you.
Yes it's true, i wish you'd love me like I love you
I wish you'd love me like I love you.