Jennifer   © 2002

Her name is Jane but just the same
Her father called her Jennifer
If he could see her now he might show her how
To slow down and smell the flowers, Jennifer

Chorus
The storm has ended, the clouds are breaking
And there’s no chance of snow
So tell me Jennifer
What do you know

And what is it
That really matters in the end
Is it running in circles
Or your circle of friends

Why not shut the door and soak the floor
With water overflowing from the bathtub
Spill some wine, lose track of time
You've got today to live life over

Chorus

And why not stop expecting rain
And using doomsday gloom to ward off pain
'Cause every life needs more lilacs
You've got to grow them in your brain

If we knew the end was near
What would we say
Hold on to those precious gems
And let the rest fade away

I see you tan and smiling
With water sparkling all around
'Cause you showed me that diving deep  
Is like flying high off the ground…

Chorus

Tell me, tell me Jennifer
What do you know

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Shaker
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums
Kevin Lovejoy: Piano

Perfect Rainy Day   © 2002

I don’t see how
You could possibly leave now
A wife, three kids, a new house 
Your only real family

A breakup
That left no room to make up
Your so-called wake-up
I guess you had to get free

Chorus
A golden boy who had it made
Until he went and blew it all away
You sold your life to buy an ounce of sunshine
On a perfect rainy day             

Back in high school
You were too cool
But I never thought so cruel
To leave them that day

A life of hard drinking
A soul slowly sinking
Man, what were you thinking
As you pulled away

Chorus
You sold your life to buy an ounce of sunshine
On a perfect rainy day             

The going gets tough
The battles are rough
But you could've found your way
On a perfect rainy day

Your life’s yours to choose
What’s to win, what’s to lose
And in the end, just who’s
To say what’s really real

Chorus
You sold your life to buy an ounce of sunshine
On a perfect rainy day             

So now you’re on your own
No house to call a home
I guess you’re just a rolling stone
So how does it, how does it feel
And who’s to say what’s really real
Yes and how does it, how does it feel

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocals, Strings, Glockenspiel
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums
Paul English: Piano, B-3
Dennis Dotson: Trumpet
Max Dyer: Cello

The Girl Who Rocks Your World   © 2006

I see you looking at me
I’m wondering what you see
Do my eyes give me away
Will they tell you what I’m longing to say

Chorus
‘Cause I want to be the girl who rocks your world
I want to be the girl who rocks your world

A tripped-out Red Rocks high
The candy apple of your eye
A Technicolor daydream realized

Using permanent markers
So they never fade
I’ll color outside your lines
Draw right off your page

Chorus

A big wave crashing on your beach
A shining star you’ve yet to reach
The wind that gets to sweep you off your feet

Chorus

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals
Dan Workman: Guitar
Matt Johnson: Drums
Paul English: Piano
Rick Thompson: B-3

This Kiss  © 2006  

Tonight is every truth and every dare
No lingering secret left to bear
I smell summer in your hair
All the madness
All the sadness
And now it’s just this

Our bodies are moving as one
Every inhibition coming undone
Our defining moment has come
Lonesome roads
Heavy loads
And now

Everything led up to this
An instant suspended in bliss
Luminous longing transfixed
Everything led up to this,                       
This kiss

Will you remember me
Years and years from today
Will you lie awake wondering
How did I let her get away

Empty lows
Crushing blows
And now

Everything led up to this
Everything led up to this
So uncomplicated
So uncomplicated
Don't stop touching me
Don't stop touching me
Everything led up to this     
This kiss
This kiss

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums, Shaker
Paul English: Piano, Keyboard
Max Dyer: Cello
Anne Loo: Whole Foods Macaroon Box

You Came Along   © 2005 
For Peter and Hanna, you changed EVERYTHING for the better
  
Just when I thought I knew it all
Just when I hit my stride
You came along to undo it all
Knocked down my foolish pride
Everything I knew turns out to be untrue      
I had it all wrong until you came along

I played the game to win it all
Thought I could never lose
Now I don’t care if I’m in at all
Just as long as I don’t lose you
Everything feels strange, the game’s been rearranged     
I had it all wrong until you came along

You came along, I couldn’t hide
The pain and the beauty blooming inside
My heart burst open wide
When you came along

Since you came along
I finally feel strong
And now there is no doubt
I don’t want to be without you
‘Cause even when I’m with you
I still miss you
I had it all wrong

I thought I was above it all
Too smart to lose my cool
I guess I never knew true love at all
‘Cause today I’m your love’s fool
My whole life was a sham, a small and empty plan      
I had it all wrong until you came along

You came along, I couldn’t hide
The pain and the beauty blooming inside
My heart burst open wide
My heart burst open wide
My heart burst open wide
When you came along

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Drums, Guitar, Background Vocals, Strings
Dan Workman: Guitar
José-Miguel Yamal: Piano, B-3
Dennis Dotson: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
YCA Singers: Eric Jarvis, Dan Workman, Joyce Sutedja, Enna Ool

Bittersweet Lane    © 2001 

Her head’s in the clouds
His foot’s in the grave
And they will never, ever marry
The weight is too much for them to carry

A sprinkler left on
Flooding the lawn
A flower blooming out of season
A girl who’s dressed up for no reason
You see, they were never meant to be

Chorus
Because it’s just another
Oleander summer
On Bittersweet Lane
On Bittersweet Lane
On Bittersweet Lane

Throw a stone into the lake
There are wishes still left to make
Swimming upside down
Hear the voices all around         
Unexpected faces and
Unexpected places
Wore them down

No need to explain
Or prolong the pain
‘Cause now it’s just a throw-away romance
A heart scarred for taking a bad chance
You see, they were never meant to be

Chorus
On Bittersweet Lane
On Bittersweet Lane
On Bittersweet Lane

The clock has stopped ticking
The record is skipping
‘Cause it’s over, it’s over, it’s over
On Bittersweet Lane

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Strings, Glockenspiel
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums, Shaker
Paul English: Piano, Keyboard
Dennis Dotson: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Max Dyer: Cello

Will Santa Come   © 2002 

I'll bet it’s snowing at the North Pole today
But there’s no sign of snow blowing this way

Will Santa come if we have no tree
Without a chimney can he get to me
I haven’t been very good this year
So I don’t suppose, he’ll make it here

On TV kids have snowball fights
Snowmen and cousins all around
There’s a fire in the fireplace
And presents towering off the ground

In movies children hang their stockings
Their rosy faces all aglow
While outside the colored lights
Reflect off drifting snow

Brightly frosted gingerbread
Silver tinsel shimmering
If I close my eyes and wish
Will I hear sleigh bells jingling
Will Santa come if we have no tree
Without a chimney can he get to me
I haven’t been very good this year
So I don’t suppose
No, I don’t suppose
I don’t suppose
He’ll make it here

Will Santa make it here
Will Santa come this year
Will Santa come
Will Santa come, will Santa come
Will Santa come this year

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Strings, Glockenspiel
Dan Workman: Guitar, Harp, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums, Shaker
Paul English: Piano, B-3
Dennis Dotson: Flugelhorn, Trumpet
B. Schmalfuss: Bells

Surrender  © 2005 
 
Saw the writing on the wall
We were headed for a fall
I hit the gas and said a prayer

With nothing left to do
But tie the other shoe
And stand with hands up in the air
And Surrender,
Surrender

Always last to know
Usually first to go
And mostly unprepared

A thing I never had
Turned out to be too sad
And left me down and scared
So I surrender,
I surrender

Chorus
Doesn’t matter, I don’t care
No one said that life was fair
I can’t seem to get it right
That’s why I’m giving up tonight
I surrender
I surrender

Since I don’t live up to what you want me to
It’s time to give up, find something new to do
I’ll stand in line and wait for my turn to shine

A song sung out of tune
A tree too late to bloom
Now no one knows it’s there
Grew too weary of the wait
Learned too much about the hate
Tired of falling down the stairs
So I surrender,
I surrender

Chorus
I surrender

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Shaker, Tambourine
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums
Kevin Lovejoy: Piano, Wurlitzer, Harmonium
Dennis Dotson: Flugelhorn, Trumpet

Someone Like You   © 2003 

I’ve fallen in love
A million times before
I’ll probably fall in love
A million times more
But when I fall in love and it’s for real
I hope it’s with someone like you

Someone who’s got all your little eccentricities
Someone who’s charged with your electricity
‘Cause you set me free like a bird taking wing
You showed my heart how to flutter and sing
So if true love’s coming,
I hope he comes soon
And I hope he’s someone like you

Yours are the kind of arms
I want to hold me tight
Yours are the kind of lips
I want to kiss each night
Every time we speak I hold each word dear
Only wish I could’ve felt your whisper in my ear
So if true love’s coming, I hope he comes soon
And I hope he’s someone like you
I hope, I hope he’s someone like you

Eric Jarvis: Guitar
José-Miguel Yamal: Piano
Richard Cholakian: Drums
Thomas Helton: Bass

Why Don’t We Run Away   © 2005 

Winter hat
Summer shoes
Nothing left to live for
And nothing left to lose
Why don’t we run away
Why don’t we run away

Steal away in the moonlight
Down some dark and dusty road
We might be something to believe in
I don’t know

There’s a lake
Where we could swim
Wash away our troubles
As soon as we dive in
Why don’t we run away
Why don’t we run away

Little girl knows the answer
Little boy says a prayer
I lost my something to believe in
I don’t know where

There’s a halo ‘round the streetlight
And diamonds in the grass
If we want to grab this moment
We must act fast

There’s a song
I used to sing
About a wicked winter
That became a lovely spring
Why don’t we run away
Why don’t we run away

Take my hand and say you love me
Take my heart and say let’s go
We might be something to believe in
I don’t know

Eric Jarvis: Drum Loop, Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocals
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums
Paul English: Piano, Keyboard

I’m Leaving   © 2005

Chorus
I’m leaving, I can’t take it anymore
I’m leaving, I’m headed for the door
Used to think this was fun
Used to think you were the one
Never thought I’d be the first to run
But now, I’m chasing after the sun

California, open your arms
I’m coming home to get my head straight
Once again, love done me wrong
And I’ve got a suitcase full of heartache

Late nights drunk in mad love and chaos
With charm and good looks, you worked the room
Now it seems so pointlessly wasteful
Sadly Bukowski and foolishly doomed
And that why I’m leaving

There were the years
I believed I’d always be with you
Believed we always see it through
Never dreamed of leaving
All the time
I thought I really needed you
Thought you needed me the same way too
How did this lead to leaving

Chorus

Got a ticket back to San Francisco
Gonna cross that Golden Gate
I should hit Stinson by sunset
With my suitcase full of heartache

I loved your eyes whenever you were laughing
And I wish, I wish that we could still touch
Why, oh why, did you have to go and hurt me
I guess for you, I didn’t count for much
And that’s why I’m leaving
I’m leaving
I’m leaving, I can’t take it anymore
I’m leaving

Eric Jarvis: Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Shaker
Dan Workman: Guitar, SK-1
Matt Johnson: Drums
Kevin Lovejoy: Piano, Keyboard
Tommy Detamore: Pedal Steel Guitar
Bobby Flores: Fiddle
Sarah Hickman Background Vocals
Anne Loo: Harmonica

Further Down the Road   © 2003
For BCN
 
Down, dirty, broken and battered
Trying to win in a travelin’ show
Gotta keep the wheels turning
Turning to take us
Further down the road
 
Busted down across the border
Then other days we were just too damn slow
I know, I know we can fix it baby
Fix it to make it
I wanna fix it to take it
Further down the road

Chorus
We just keep driving in circles
Never know where it’ll end  
So punch it through the straightaway
Hold tight round the bend 

Pack it up the carnival’s over
The race is run it’s time to go
So say goodbye 'cause the show must move on, friend
I hope to see you
I hope to be with you
Further down
Further down the road

Sky’s gone black, stars are shining
There’s a cool breeze beginning to blow
But I can’t, I can’t, can’t help but smiling
‘Cause today we chased it   Today we chased it
Yeah, today we raced it   Today we raced it
Further down
Further down the road   Further down the road

Chorus

Further   Sky’s black
Further down   Stars shining
Let’s take it further down   There’s a cool breeze
Further and faster   And I can’t help but smiling
Let’s take it past here 
Further and faster       Today we chased it further down
We can make it last dear  
Let’s take it further    Today we raced it further
Let’s take it further   Down, down, down, down
Further down    Down, down, down, down
Further down, further down, further down    Down, down, down, down
Further down the road    The road

Eric Jarvis: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, B-3
Dan Workman: Guitar, Shelter
Brad Nyberg: Air Guitar, Race Sounds Finder

 
 

 

     
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