Unreleased Songs

The Rosebuds Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Blue Bird

Lyricist:Kelly Crisp, Ivan Howard

Each day this concrete cave
It takes our love away
You're holding on too tight
The city won't make this right

And I swear that the proof is everywhere
Romance isn't scared
And out hearts are beating cold
Like we were old

Don't row past the tracks
We'll park our car out back
While natures radio
Plays music in our home
But oh me

It's a blue bird that I see
And he's got you in his beak
And he'll bring you home to me
When you are old

If you're lost
A chorus of our house we'll sing
A tale so big it brings
That blue bird home to me
With you in his beak

A chorus of our house we'll sing
A tale so big it keeps
A blue bird in my ear
Singing romance isn't scared


2.Shake Our Tree

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

That bird's ready I know
He's tired of being alone
He's working all on his own
Building himself a home

And take that finch when he sings
See his mate by his wings
And if you listen close
You may even hear him say

Will our love ever end?
(Woah no)
Will you stop being my best friend?
(Woah no)
Will you sleep as worse as me?
(Woah no)
Singing a story of love in the leaves

(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Before the winter takes hold
And the figs are dry and cold
The birds are meetin' in the tree
And confess love's what they need

Perform love on their limbs
And sing one of love's true hymns
And if you listen close
You can even hear them say

Are you ever gonna treat me right?
(Woah no)
Are you ever gonna hold me down?
(Woah no)
Will you get tired holding me tight?
(Woah no)
Looks like the story of love grows, alright

Will our love ever end?
(Woah no)
Will you let me shake our tree?
(Woah no)
Will you stop being my best friend?
(Woah no)
Looks like the story of love never ends


3.Hold Hands and Fight

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

I have told myself I know a thousand ways to leave this place
We must tie our shoes on tight for the march ahead through
sleepy beds

And we'll get by and we'll tell ourselves one more time
We'll get by and we brace ourselves and hold our hands and fight

And we'll get by and we'll tell ourselves one more time
We'll get by and we brace ourselves and hold our hands and fight


4.Lovers' Rights

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

All this talk of what has come
The history books have left it out
Never mentions finding love
And all the facts they don't own

So maybe we should call the prince and press alright
Tell them to rewrite those books for the lovers' rights
For the lovers' rights

Well hearts now drawn on caveman walls
But the names of love burnt in them all
And soldiers in the history books
Were homesick once and missed their loves

So maybe me and you should call that press today
And tell them to rewrite history for the lovers' sake
For the lovers' sake


5.Unwind

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

Our curse has spread
The fault to each our families and so we've left
Yeah, we tried to understand it, so who I
Put our book back off the shelf
We still have a while to go

If you'd ever unwind
And relax then maybe
We can have a good time
This would help

If you'd ever unwind
And relax then maybe
We can have a good time
This would help
(I know)

Our curse can spread
We said to us from our families
Brought years, brought tears
The hurt was so demanding but I don't mind
This book will take a lifetime
We still have a while to go

If you'd ever unwind
And relax then maybe
We can have a good time
This would help

If you'd ever unwind
And relax then maybe
We can have a good time
This would help
(Ah, ah, ah)

If you'd ever unwind
If you'd ever unwind
If you'd ever unwind


6.I Better Run

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

I think my grandma has a piece of land
I'm supposed to take it when she's dead
My aunt Diane has a lifetime right
I'll have to tell her if she's still alive

She's probably dead but dead in a secret place
From drugs, dirty murder or some such thing
Under a bridge, in a trailer or in the woods
I've got to leave, yeah, I think I should

I better run
I better run

I think my father built an awful flame
He burned his eyes, his mouth, it burned his brain
Now he writes songs about his made up life
At least I think so if he's still alive

He's probably dead but dead in a secret place
From drugs, dirty murder or some such thing
Under a bridge, in a trailer or in the woods
I've got to leave, yeah, I think I should

I better run, I better run
I better run, I better run
I better run, I better run
I better run, I better run
I better run, I better run


7.Leaves Do Fall

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

You've been gone too long where can you be
They said three months, you'd come for me
I've shouted, 'Where', out at the sea
'Cuz you're my love, my family

I've waited for the leaves to fall
For old John Wayne to save us all
I want out both my hands and knees
I'm a desperate girl and that terrifies me

Can you hear me love? My heart's the sea
It swirls and breaks since we can't be
I'm gonna build this sail and they'll need me
Then we'll have kids, a family

I've waited for the leaves to fall
For old John Wayne to save us all
I want out both my hands and knees
I'm a desperate man and that terrifies me
(Hey, ey)

Baby, birds don't sing in this old tree
And I've come down, listen to the sea
So I must go, my bones cost me
To an earthen home to cradle me

I've waited for the leaves to fall
For old John Wayne to save us all
I want out both my hands and knees
I'm a desperate girl and that terrifies me

I praise the Lord, now I'll do it
For an ancient promise, I could not keep
But I'm her lover and death do me
This swirling ocean is the end of me

I've waited for the leaves to fall
For old John Wayne to save us all
I want out both my hands and knees
I'm a desperate man and that terrifies me
(Hey, ey)


8.Silja Line

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

I left my captain's hat at home
There's no parents I can dodge or aliens to explore
Just some plain folks who don't mind
The sound of screaming children and drinking too much Vodka the
line

And oh, I'll sing
No way to change what's been said and done
I've set my own course and I'll try to carry on

All my days are from my shoes
I've sailed the windy streets of Stockholm captain of the great
It's first breakfast with the king, we're counting up
The month's adventures and divvy up the treasures that I bring

But oh, I sing
No way to change what's been said and done
I've set my own course and I'll try to carry on

So back and forth I go on this Baltic Sea
Waiting for a whale to come and rescue me, hey, hey
And I hear them sing

Oh, let's all toast to the walls we love
Oh, don't pretend to have Viking blood
Oh, if we sing all night to the greatest
And I'll just bide my time, still the Silja line


9.4-Track Love Song

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

For you, my love, I am right
As you start to fall
In love, and I see it now

The change is bound to happen
We'll be so happy
For you, my love, I'll be strong
And we'll never fold

La da la da


10.Boxcar

Lyricist:Kelly Michelle Crisp, Phillip Ivan Howard

Oh, don't speak dirty things
I know you feel like we can go inside
We can talk in private here
Tell me now of how they used to be

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little boy
And you're not crazy, you're just a little girl

We can find an old boxcar
In the woods to make our home
We can make a broom of weeds
And brush and sweep daddi's away

We were banned to being small
We can find a place and raise ourselves
You be ill with so much guilt
But we've assumed that they got better now

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little boy
And you're not crazy you're just a little girl

We can find an old boxcar
In the woods to make our home
Make a bed of maple leaves
Sleep with doves on the door

On the sill what we need
Keep our milk in the stream
We can make a broom weeds
And brush and sweep daddi's away


11.Outnumbered

We might be outnumbered
I fear they will attack
I know we won't surrender
And we can't hold them back

We wore down our last welcome
Tied our own hands and feet
But the ghosts out there outnumber
Me and you and you and me

There's a coldness on our shoulders
Though the moon's as red as fire
They came to claim our homes now
And that's why we take flight
But we'll protect our families
And force them out to sea

I hope the ghosts out there remember
The Indian in me believes
We might be outnumbered
But just you wait and see

I follow the shoreline with my family
We lied about our guilt now
But not our misery
What we've gone and done here
I hope our kids don't see

We might be outnumbered
I fear they will attack
I know we won't surrender
And we can't hold them back


12.Let Us Go

You call yourself
(Happy)
But I'm all worn out
(Just let us go now)
Come on out back
(But baby, it's wet out here)
And I can't relax
(Let us go)

The crowd has left
(Far from home lovers)
And they heard our hearts
(Were they in time?)
Now we'll drive all night
(No questions for miles)
And miles, I swear

And we are calm
And I promise from now on
We'll leave this town alone
And I have a furnace in my chest
It'll burn to get us home in time for fall

'Cause we're all worn out
(Beautiful summer)
And we'll drive all night
(We have a plan now)
So just relax
(No questions for miles)
And miles, I swear, let us go


13.Warm Where You Lay

I've got all I need
And it's right here next to me
In the morning, in the evening
In the warm where you lay
The cold world melts away

A partner in our crimes
Right here by my side
We could steal away this day
And forget, oh, take a break
From this cold, cold world and run away

Let's go outside
And forget all the news you read
I promise we'll be back by noon
You can't feel love, it's okay to take days off
When you work as much as we do and that's the truth

Remember the first night
Our needs fit just right
And I knew that from that day
I would always save a place
For the warm where you lay

I would always save a place
For the warm where you lay