Ripe Old Age (Telling A Story)

There’s a sign of life
In black and white
I wonder if it can hear me laugh
It’s not the road I planned
But I’m a better man
Since you took that step across my path

     CHORUS
     Now we’re telling a story
     Telling the story of our life
     Sometimes we stumble
     Sometimes we get ahead of it
     Telling a story
     Telling the story of our life
     Sometimes a struggle
     Sometimes a love affair
     At this ripe old age
     I turn the page
     Telling a story

How I gain so much
From your touch
Sometimes I can’t even wrap my head around it
It’s a little crazy, oh
Yeah, you can feel it grow
So much, since we found it

     REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Once upon a time
Keeps us going farther down the line

     REPEAT CHORUS

That Ain't Why We Build 'em

Melody was a ballerina, she knew it in her heart
Even though there was no ballet in town
She saved her pennies up for a one-way ticket on a Greyhound bus
One bag, two shoes, and a point on the map eastbound
She always said, if she could dream it, then it just might come true

CHORUS 
We’re all raising sails
On the wild, wild waves
Hoping for a wind to fill ’em
They say a harbour is
The safest place for ships
Oh, but that ain't why we build ’em
No, that ain't why we build ’em

Rumours float around real fast, some say she’ll never last
That the course she chose is just too hard and long
Others say she lost her way, that she never had what it takes
But could a pure heart ever steer her so wrong?
Maybe she’s right, if she can dream it, then it just might come true

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Hold steady as she goes, steady as she goes, where the soul needs
Hold steady as she goes, steady as she goes, see where it leads
Hold steady as she goes, steady as she goes, see where it leads
Hold steady as she goes, steady as she goes, where the soul needs

REPEAT CHORUS 

Melody’s a ballerina, she knows it in her heart

Lingers

I made some pretty significant edits to the lyrics in this one.


I never look behind, once I’ve said goodbye
My feet never stop when they hit the ground
Reminiscing has never been my thing
But when I think of you, yeah it spins me round and round

     CHORUS
     Something about you, girl, just lingers
     Something about you, girl, just lingers
     You’ve been rolling round my head so long
     Like the chorus of my favorite song
     Going on and on and on and on
     On and on and on and on

     You make my heart pick up a beat, and it lingers
     I get caught in your melody, and it lingers
     In my mind, every line rhymes with your name
     Cuz it’s the only word I wanna sing, yeah, it lingers

Well, I recall the magic in your smile
I’ve sure got nothing like that now
You left a lonely hole punched though my chest
I’ve gotta find a way to get you back somehow, somehow

     REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Oh, I’ve been looking so far up ahead to find it
I never guessed love’d catch me from behind

     SHORT CHORUS
     You make my heart pick up a beat, and it lingers
     I get caught in your melody, and it lingers
     In my mind, every line rhymes with your name
     Cuz it’s the only word I wanna sing, yeah, it lingers

     In my mind, every line rhymes with your name
     Cuz it’s the only word I wanna sing, yeah, it lingers


Below are the lyrics as posted on March 18, 2015:

I never look behind, once I’ve said goodbye
My feet never stop when they hit the ground
Reminiscing has never been my thing
But when I think of you, yeah it spins me round and round

    CHORUS
    Something about you, girl, lingers
    Something about you, girl, lingers
    You’ve been rolling round my head so long
    Like the chorus of my favourite song
    Going on and on and on and on
    On and on and on and on
    Yeah, something about you, girl, lingers
    Something about you, girl, lingers

Well I can’t recall why we parted ways
And it don’t matter much right now
It seems I just can’t get you off my mind
I gotta find a way to get you back somehow, somehow

    REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Well, I’ve been looking so far up ahead to find it
I never guessed you’d catch me from behind

    Something about you, girl, lingers
    Something about you, girl, lingers
    You’ve been rolling round my head so long
    Like the chorus of my favourite song
    Going on and on and on and on
    On and on and on and on

Calico

I’m up a tree like a calico
Out on a limb, nowhere to go
But down

I keep saying I’ll be alright
Land on my feet, yeah, just hang in tight
For now

     Cuz way out here, it’s just me and the leaves
     Blowing in the breeze
     I feel the shake in my knees

     Ooh, yeah the shake in my knees

On the ground, looks like you’ve got it made
Laying in the grass, but that’s just a different shade
Of blue

C’mon and meet me over on the fence
We’ll take a look around and do whatever makes sense
For two

     Cuz way out here, it’s just me and the leaves
     Blowing in the breeze
     I feel the shake in my knees

     Way out here, it’s just me and the leaves
     Blowing in the breeze
     I think you’ll steady my knees

     Ooh, yeah you steady my knees
     Ooh, yeah you steady my knees

Whoa-oh, calico, whoa-oh
Whoa-oh, calico, whoa-oh
Whoa-oh, calico, whoa-oh
Whoa-oh, calico, whoa-oh

I’m up a tree like a calico