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When You're With Me
04:50
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
You don’t have to say things you don’t mean when you’re with me
You don’t have to say a thing
You don’t have to play those little games when you’re with me
You know loving me is free
You can always be yourself when you’re with me
You can tell me any dream You are perfect as you are, don’t change a thing
I’ll never ask you to change a thing
Don’t change your name for me, don’t change a thing
Sunlight through the trees makes pretty shadows on the leaves
That’s the type of thing that we used to sing
Now I shine my light through the nuclear rain
Looking for a laugh in this comedy of pain
Oh, come and find your way in the world along with me
Maybe we can see some pretty things
You don’t have to believe in anything
If your heart is open let it sing
You don’t have to celebrate the past when you’re with me
Nothing lasts, that’s a fact, you’ll see
You are perfect as you are, don’t change a thing
I’ll never ask you to change a thing
Don’t change your name for me, don’t change a thing
Sailboats on the sea make a pretty scene
That’s the type of thing that we used to dream
Now I shine my light through the nuclear rain
Looking for a rhyme for my dystopian refrain
Slow the river flows, let it rock me to my soul
That’s a thing we know from so long ago
Now I fight the dragons with a broken mandolin
Looking for a way out of this mess and this stress we’re in
You don’t have to be on time when you’re with me
When life runs late I’ll wait patiently
You don’t have to be aligned with anything
You can rise above and fly in harmony
You don’t have to advertise your life when you’re with me
We can just enjoy good company in privacy
You can always be yourself when you’re with me
You can tell me any dream
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2. |
See Right Through
03:59
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
Don’t tell me lies
I can see right through
Don’t be surprised
By my attitude
Don’t be a distant stranger
When I look into your eyes
You hide out in the manger
Lock the rest of us outside
You had it all
But you spin around
You’d let me fall
Watch it all come crashing down
Don’t ask for more
Than you are willing to give away
When you’re in the echo chamber
I can’t hear what you say anyway
Don’t tell me lies
I can see right through
Your alibis
Is that the best you can do?
I’ve seen the empty pages
Written in your hand
You dream and let the ages
Fade into the sand
I understand
You saw the sign
But you ran right through
You think it’s fine
That you can’t find the truth
I’ve seen the fallen angels
With their plastic wings
If you have to ask for prayers
It don’t mean a thing
But can you hear them sing?
Don’t tell me lies
I can see right through
Your alibis
I can see right through
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3. |
Born For One Love
06:13
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
I was born for one love
One love is all I’ll ever need
I don’t need another love
One love is all a man should need
Wrap yourself up in my love
Let our devotion set us free
We’ll have a lifetime of reward
Cocktails, flowers and poetry
There is but one love in my heart
No chance that I will ever leave
Through many lifetimes I would stay
Just to wake with you each day
Take my hand and lead the way
Take my time up every day
Shine your light on all my shadows
You’ll still love me anyway
Place your faith in me, my love
I won’t need a second chance
Our life’s a story we write together
What’s in a story without romance?
I was born for one love
Our love is everywhere I see
Our children sparkle in our love
The end of which we’ll never see
Wrap myself up in your love
A fire burns yet in my heart
Like heaven, stars, the sky above
There is no end, it’s just the start
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4. |
Old Friends
02:30
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
I miss my old friends today
We lost touch when I moved away
I know the phones they work both ways
I miss my old friends today
I learned we lost an old dear friend
An rare bird, a precious gem
Now there’s no flowers or card that I can send
Why is it always the best of us
Who leave this emptiness in the rest of us?
Though many years have passed behind
Those days are so clear in my mind
Then we all went our separate ways
We had our own loves our own dreams to find
Those summer nights down at the pits
Bonfires, beer, pot, cigarettes
When everything was still ahead
We all believed the words we said
Why is it always the best of us
Leave these mysteries for the rest of us?
Yet I clearly see your face
Feel your smile, your warm embrace
I’ll never say it was a waste
I miss my old friends today
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5. |
Weighing On Me
04:41
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
This fragile town
I’m leaving here today
I’m sorry to the people I’ve hurt along the way
It’s been weighing on me all the things I done
They say there is forgiveness, but for me there is none
From anyone that I loved
My oldest thoughts and memories they fade
It’s sometimes hard to see all the progress that we’ve made
It’s be weighing on me all the lives we lost
They say love is cheap, but they don’t measure the real cost
And it weighs much more when you’re alone
All alone
Its a heavy load
Empty flowers on a stone
On with the show
Where the vines have grown
And every soul I’ve ever known
Lives in the phone
But I’m still alone
And now the dead they roam
My oldest love still hurting me today
I’m sorry that I never sent the demons far enough away
It’s been praying on me, all the guilt and shame
They say there is redemption, but for me, I doubt there is a way
A way out
There is no way
There’s no escape
From the mess we made
There ain’t no way
I cant see straight
Help me pray
This lonesome road always leads to the same end
I can’t unhear things in my head, things that I wish I never said
It’s been raining on me and all the things I made
I tried to run, tried to escape but my fate was just to wash away
I washed away
there’s no escape
I washed away
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6. |
Slips Away
07:08
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
I don’t mean to make light
Of the sorrow and the fright
I know it’s no joke
I don’t want to fight
To the left or the right
But the world is broke
Someday you’ll find
You can’t escape your mind
And the nagging fear
You can’t look behind
Too long you’ll find
Yourself in tears
Because it slips away
It slips away
I mean no offense
But it makes no sense
How we tell these lies
When you’re awake at night
Do you feel alright
Or do your demons thrive
Can you separate
The pain so great
Til you’re feeling fine
Do you wish for love
Is the money enough
Are you out of time
Before it slips away
It slips away
I’ve been defeated so many times
I won many battles
But i lost the war
Who will pay for all our crimes?
Do we remember what were we fighting for
It’s slips away
Did you walk outside
In the morning light
Something beautiful was gone
In the emptiness
You steal a kiss
From the great beyond
When you find peace there
Did you ever care
Whose side you’re on
In your house of mirrors
The image is clearly
Changing fast
The moments flow
They rise and glow
But they never last
It just slips away
Another day is gone
It slips Away
If I’m right today I’m wrong
I’ve lost so many friends by now
Still the world just blindly spins around
As we closed the store, we left the town
We locked the gates, we burned it down
There’s no-one around
I don’t want to run
From the oceans or the sun
But i see no hope
When the light is gone
And the war is won
Was it all a joke
Will we disappear
When the end is here
Will we be reborn
From the primal sludge
Who will be the judge
Who will wear the thorn
When it slips away
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7. |
Anymore
06:44
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Music and Lyrics by Darrin James
All the places we used to go
I don’t go there anymore
All the people we used to know
They’re all strangers to me now
I searched for symbols among the shadows and graves
I couldn’t find your sorrow
But still I keep thinking somehow
That I might see you tomorrow
It makes no sense you could pretend
I can’t accept this is the end
Why? Oh Why?
Why? Oh Why?
Any sadness I’ve know in my life
It was nothing compared to this
All the pain that I ever felt
I know now it was not pain at all
All the stories that we used to tell
They’ve all lost their meanings
Any time that we’re together again
There’s an empty seat at the table
It’s makes no sense,
It cannot feel
It can’t be true
It can’t be real
You left a mystery
A black hole where life used to be
Why? Oh Why?
All the place we used to go
They’re a hollow, empty hall
All the people we used to know
Their small talk never seemed so small
I searched for answers and I searched for clues
I could find nothing revealing
Tried praying, tried playing the blues
I couldn’t find any healing
It makes no sense
It makes no sense
Why? Oh Why?
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Darrin James Ann Arbor, Michigan
Darrin James is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for his distinctive gravelly voice, gritty and soulful guitar playing, and thought-provoking lyrics. Over several albums, James has embraced the full scope of American rock 'n' roll - encompassing blues, folk, rock, soul, funk, country - and increasingly more flavors from around the globe. ... more
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