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 |