1. |
Evil Eye
03:29
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Girl I've been running, trying to lose my evil eye When I think of the things that I've done to you baby I just want to lose my mind, I just wanna turn back time
I've been bad to you baby for oh so long it's a crime I will come around and kiss my evil ways goodbye Girl I can see, that you've been running free It came so naturally, You could not let him be
Girl I've been running, trying to lose my evil eye When I think of the things that I've done to you baby I just want to lose my mind, I just wanna turn back time
You've been treating me the way I treated you for so long There will come a time, when we must admit that we're wrong Take it on the chin, I know where you've been You were led astray, now I gotta say
Lord, I've been running, trying to change my wicked life When I think of the things that I've done to myself I can't pass the blame this time, I just want to lose my mind
Girl I've been running, trying to lose my evil eye When I think of the things that I've done to you baby I just want to lose my mind, I just wanna turn back time
Lord, I've been running, trying to change my wicked life When I think of the things that I've done to myself I can't pass the blame this time, I just want to lose my mind
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2. |
Drift
03:54
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Half my friends are gone
Half my friends got kids
Some I can't forget, and
Some I can't forgive
I can hold a grudge, and
I can make amends
I should make the most of
Time with my old friends
Sometimes it seems easy to move on
When all your conclusions are foregone
It's easy work to be a jerk
"It's natural to drift"
Is something that we say
We used to be real tight until
Life got in the way
We're stretched between two posts
Excuses, paper thin
We should make the most of
Time with our old friends
It feels like the only guarantee is somehow
We manage to agree it's been too long
But I still say you were wrong
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3. |
Issues
04:08
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This is no time to allow ourselves to be
torn apart by hate
This is the time to circle the wagons and
try to get our stories straight
Is it just our nature? Are we too old to learn?
'Cause while we're busy pulling power plays the
whole world's going to burn
There's nothing wrong that what's right can't repair
if we could just let go of who was wrong and what isn't fair
We cling to the things that keep us on our guard, yeah
We've got our issues, baby, and we'd like to change
Man, but it's hard
If all these misunderstandings we've been having
are allowed to persist
We might as well forget about even trying to
continue to coexist
If we cannot reason with one another
then it's open season, better take cover
There's nothing wrong that what's right can't repair
if we could just let go of who was wrong and what isn't fair
We cling to the things that keep us on our guard, yeah
We've got our issues, baby, and we'd like to change
Man, but it's hard
When all we can see are angels and devils
we get so disheveled, uptight, and irate, and we
hate how it feels but we dig in our heels, and
the first flash of wisdom comes always too late
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4. |
Fight the Good Fight
04:32
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Young Stan, he's a family man, kisses his wife and kids goodbye
Then he grabs a brown-bag lunch and works the nine-to-five
You can tell he's a bitter man 'cause he knows his wife's untrue
Young Stan's got a different plan--this is what he'll do:
He's gonna fight the good fight, baby
Although he may lose
Fight the good fight, baby
He won't apologize and he won't chose
He'll never move
John and Jane got the gloves on again--that's just how they live
It's up to them on how and when what is gonna give
With four kids in a rental house and she's the one that works
And when Jane, she gets home, she's the one that works
She's gonna fight the good fight, baby
Knows she's gonna win
She knows she's gonna win
She'll fight the good fight, baby
'Cause everything she does it's all for them
Not so much for him
Rosalie, Mike, Matt, and T., they were all lovers for a while
Not together, birds of a feather--gotta say it with a smile
Rosalie and Mike went off to find themselves, I guess
Matt and T. what they wanna be, nothing but the best
They're gonna fight the good fight, baby
Try and try they will
Fight the good fight, baby
Although they might make it better still
with their own free will
Old Clay lost his wife yesterday while the kids and dogs looked on
Tried as she might, it was too long a fight,
and her body gave out and she's gone
For days and days they prayed and prayed and
hoped she could lay at rest
You could see in his eyes all her pain now resides
right in the middle of his chest
He's gonna fight the good fight, baby
and he may never win
He'll fight the good fight, baby
We're all born into sin
Fight the good fight, baby
He knows that he may lose
Fight the good fight, baby
He won't apologize and he won't choose
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5. |
Trying to Get Along
03:32
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I look around a lot and ask myself,
"What good are good intentions, anyway?
"They often seem to lead to the same place
You might find had you been led astray."
And there are those among us who don't pull their hair out,
Scream or shout, for them
Injustice it is just as right as wrong
So if anybody wants me I'll be in the corner
Trying to get along
Should I be taken to extremes sometimes, well,
It should only serve to prove
That figuring yourself out sometimes means
Avoiding any sudden moves
Is my hyper-conscious self reflection evolutionary or just
First-world navel-gazing all in vain?
I don't know, but sometimes I suspect
It doesn't matter; it is all the same
It's not easy being easily undone
By nearly anything or anyone
So if the mood is just so, you'll be the first to know
And I, my dear, will be the first to go
Please don't take offense if I'm not
Making any sense or if I seem to fret
You see, I haven't figured out yet that if
One is not to sigh or pout, one must forget
And if my some great turn of fate, I have a
Date with destiny designed to
Rob me of my sense of right and wrong,
I'll kick my heels up, but until then I'll be
In the corner, trying to get along
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6. |
All I Got is the Blues
03:49
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Take what you want, all I can give you is the blues
No fancy car, just this here guitar that I know how to use
Take what you want, all I can give you is the blues
You hanging around me baby, it's bound to fall through
I've been around myself enough that I must tell you
You can take what you want, all I can give you is the blues
Well I got me no luck, I just can't get unstuck from my angle of you
Got a one-way ticket to a one-track mind and a pair of worn-out shoes
You can take what you want, all I can give you is the blues
I'm broken and battered, my mind has been scattered,
there's just a clue
Lost and I'm bound to follow the sound, and you know that it's true
You can take all you want, all I can give you is the blues
You can take all you want, all I've got is the blues
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7. |
Everyone Can Dance
01:48
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Everyone deserves a second chance, everyone can dance
Even those of us who say we can't, can
Yes we can, understand
If we close our eyes, we would be surprised
Just what we can do if we wanted to
Yes it's true, it's so true
Its not as if we're doing anything else right now
I can show you how, then we'll take a bow, and then
When we come to the end, if anybody asks if
Perchance we danced, we'll exchange knowing glances, oh
I learned how to do the jitterbug, I can cut a rug
I learned it from watching old films of flappers drinking gin drinks
And I think those are mighty-fine movies
But they didn't teach me to lindy, 'cause you see,
I learned it from my grandma and even though she don't
Remember much anymore, she can still get on the floor
And kick up heels and spin those wheels and
Waltz, shimmy, shake-shake, jump, jive, it's jake, oh
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8. |
Feel Alright
03:46
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I don't need a reason to call
All I do is pick up the phone
When I talk to you, baby,
You make me feel alright
And if I need someone to be there
I just say the word and you will appear
And you say, "Talk to me, baby
"I'll make you feel alright"
You make me feel like a man, like only you can
You know just what I like
I'll make you feel so good, like only I could
Girl, you make me feel so alive
I'm thankful, but I don't have the words
I think I know something you'll prefer
Come here close to me, baby
I'll make you feel alright
You make me feel like a man, like only you can
You know just what I like
I'll make you feel so good, like only I could
Girl, you make me feel so alive
I do the best that I can; I'm only a man
I can't help but feel contrite
I will pay for my sins and say with a grin,
"You make me feel alright"
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9. |
I'm Doing Fine
03:17
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It's getting harder to catch my breath,
like there's a big sack o' something weighing on my chest,
Yeah, but I'm doing fine
It's not quite shame, not quite regret, but
it's reminding me of something that I wanna forget, hey
But I'm doing fine
Now don't you worry your head about it
It's not as if you're responsible
It's not as if you could change me if you tried
What don't you believe me, baby?
I'm doing fine
I'm in the grips, I'm on the cusp,
I'm always in the throes of much too much, yeah
But I'm doing fine
Could be I'm battered from this thinking bout
You never know, it could be I finally figured it out and now
I'm doing fine
I don't know why you make it your concern
I guess we're both proof some people never learn
Maybe we'll finally make some sense of it down the line
Don't look so angry, stop shaking your head
If you don't like my story, make your own up instead
Because I'm doing fine
Oh, baby, there's no need to doubt it
Someday I'm gonna tell you all about it
But it may take some time to get it straight in my mind,
but if you're still inclined, I will drop you a line
and tell you all that I find
But for now, if we're on the record,
I'm doing fine
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10. |
The Fire
04:22
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I don't mind if it takes a little time
to pull it all together, to get our shit together
It's not right, for I have been denied
for far too long, something's wrong with the light
The fire inside her, it burns (just as much as she'll allow)
The flame so hot, I know it hurts (you know it's getting hotter, now)
I can't take it; she can't fake it anymore
So I'll say it, we might make it a little worse than before
The fire inside her, it burns (just as much as she'll allow)
Desire is her one concern (all she wants is me right now)
But I can't take it; she can't fake it anymore
So I'll say it, we might make it a little worse than before
Frozen in time, but I feel like I'm alive
Do it once again. Can I get an amen?
It's all right, it won't hurt my pride
It's been so long, I won't put up a fight
Though I might . . . I might run for my life
I can't take it; she can't fake it anymore
So I'll say it, we might make it a little worse than before
The fire inside her, it burns (just as much as she'll allow)
The flame so hot, I know it hurts (you know it's getting hotter, now)
I can't take it; she can't fake it anymore
So I'll say it, we might make it a little worse than before
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11. |
Reset
04:40
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Yesterday I lost a bet I never should’ve made, and I
Passed a few bad checks off ‘cause I thought that I’d been paid
And then I lost my temper with my wife, though it was all my fault,
It was something someone else had said that got my all pissed off
And so I got to feeling guilty, as I am wont to do, and I stared into mirror and said, “What the hell is wrong with you?”
But I battled back the bad thoughts,
bit the bullet, rolled my sleeves up,
Took a deep breath, put the bottle down,
and put my ass the bed, and I
Woke up feeling better, I don't know why
I'm always surprised that the
Morning comes, and what is done is done
Best to hit that reset button sometimes
I have never been the kind who found it easy to let go, you know I’m
Prone to react overly, I’m prone to let my feelings show, and
While you say you like that I can say what’s on my mind, just one
Time I’d like to be the kind of guy who never even thinks there’s
Any possibility he’s wrong or bad or not the center
Of the whole damn universe; yeah, that’d be the shit, but then you
Tell me that you love me,
and you leave me to my thoughts, and
despite all my instincts, I do not what I want,
but what I ought, and I
Wake up feeling better, I don't know why
I'm always surprised that the
Morning comes, and what is done is done
Best to hit that reset button sometimes
There's never gonna be a better time
You better figure out what you're about
and leave the rest behind
And if you ever get to feeling that you can’t see yourself through,
And your bad habits let you down again just like they always do,
Well, I don’t have no answers, but I have been there before, and maybe what has worked for me sometimes
will work for you, is all; and now
I don’t mean to preach to you; this ain’t no soapbox song, but I
Guarantee the proverb’s true, it’s darkest ‘fore the dawn, and if you
Find a way to settle, sit, and
let go for a while, then maybe
Every now and then you’ll sleep
and wake up with a smile, yeah you’ll
Wake up feeling better, I don't know why
I'm always surprised that the
Morning comes, and what is done is done
Best to hit that reset button sometimes
And I've even gone so
far as to thank God
Does that make me a fraud?
Yeah, well, who gives a hell?
Today I'm doing well
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12. |
What Good is Love?
04:02
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I feel like I want to lay you down
Find out what makes you tick
Innocence was lost long ago
Every time we cross paths with sorrow
I need to feel you next to me
Right here by my side
To touch your hair, feel your hands
All those things you want, all those things you need
I give to you all I have
It's not much, but it's all I got
You don't want anything from me anymore
What good is the love?
What is love good for?
I try to earn a living, don't watch the evening news
I want to make you happy, but I'm giving you the blues
What good is love?
What is love good for
Can't blame you for trying; you've done all that you could
I know inside you're dying; that is understood
Then what good is love?
What is love good for?
So we sit here aching, hearts are torn in two
Love we should be making; instead we come unglued
What good is love?
What good is love?
What good is love?
What is love good for?
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13. |
Descendants of the Stars
04:14
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I'm not taking anything for granted anymore
I'm not leaving anything to chance, that's for sure
In this life, you swing or you get swung
At least, that's the kind of crap I believed back when I was young
Sages tell that life's a game, yet we all seem to ignore
The rules get made up as we go and no one's keeping score
It's a clear case of Karmic principles misunderstood
Because we all pay the price, whether or not we bought the goods
We together stumble blindly on our way
Must try to treat each other kindly every day
The fight is not without, but within
Knowing this will let us begin
Seeing ourselves as we really are
We are all descendants of the stars
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The Brothers Restaino Austin, Texas
The Brothers Restaino grew up playing music together but had never made original music together--until now. Older brother Stephen and younger brother Rich mine traditional American music to make songs about struggling to follow our better natures in a world that often asks for our worst. ... more
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