Josh Rouse Album

- 1972 -

She was feeling nineteen seventy
two
Grooving to a Carole King tune
Is it too late baby?
Is it too late?

That boy was always up to no good
Smoking pot and playing pool
In the afternoon
Unemployed and high

We're going through the changes
Hoping for a replacement
Untill we find a way out of this hole

Spanish girl with the tatoo
Working nights at the drive through
And she asks herself
Could this be all?

Screwing in a motel room
Watching news on channel two
Victoria tell me
Is this your dream?

We're going through the changes
Hoping for a replacement
Untill we find a way out of this

We're going through the changes
Hoping for a replacement
Untill we find a way out of this
A way out of this hole

Step out into the sun
Step out into the world and love
someone
Save yourself from hate
Save yourself from hate and all the
hassle

(Chorus)
And you people all know what I'm
talkin' about
Yeah you people all know what he's
talkin' about
(repeat 1x)

Spread the love vibration...uh huh
Spread the love vibration

Now everbody's scared
Scared of being lonely and
abandoned
Find someone who cares
Find someone to love and
understand you

(Chorus 2x)
(instrumental)
(Chorus 3x)

Spread the love vibration...uh huh
Spread the love vibration...uh huh
Spread the love vibration

"Forget all your little problems
forget all the boys you left at the
bar
I got a stash...been savin' for
months now
California's not very far

(Chorus)

Come on lady, take this bum and
make him right
you're my steady, you're the one
that makes me feel
Sunshine

I wanna be your baby daddy
I wanna be your self-employed
Pack up the van, and we'll go
drivin'...
To the coastal state

(chorus 2x)"

He decided he'd be better off alone
So he left his wife and child and went
solo
It is summertime, Atlanta's hot as
hell
He thinks back to what he had, and
where he's now

James can't stop hangin' out in the
bars
He's on top, breakin' all the ladies
hearts
James ain't got a problem with
alcohol
He can't stop, hangin' out in the bars

Found a payphone and the courage
it did swell
What to say, James never really
knew that well
His apology was more than they
could stand
"I'm just a poor excuse for what
some call a man"

James can't stop hangin' out in the
bars
He's on top, breakin' all the ladies
hearts
James ain't got a problem with
alcohol
He can't stop, hangin' out in the bars

"So I want you to be spirited and
brave
Find someone to love, but never
take my place"
He hung the phone up and defeated
his own life
Disappeared into the closest neon
sign

James can't stop hangin' out in the
bars
He's on top, breakin' all the ladies
hearts
James ain't got a problem with
alcohol
He can't stop, hangin' out in the bars

James can't stop

- Slaveship -

A slaveship, lost at sea
A slaveship, lost at sea
And I'm drowning, your waters deep
I'm drowning, your waters deep
A spaceship, in the country
A spaceship, in the country
And we're flying, into green
We're flying, into green

And I told you a thousand times
(sold you a thousand lies)
I love you, would you marry me?
I love you, would you marry me?

The city, there's an empty street
The city, there's an empty street
And we're dancing, to the lonely
beat
We're dancing, to the lonely beat
Your building, is where we'll meet
Your building, is where we'll meet
And I'm hungry, lets get something
to eat
I'm hungry, lets get something to eat

Cos I told you a thousand times (sold
you a thousand lies)
I love you, would you marry me?
I love you, would you marry me?

Your daddy, he ain't like me
Yoir daddy, he ain't like me
I'm striving, I so wanna be
I'm striving, I got to agree
One day girl, you'll be my queen
One day girl, I'll be your king
And we'll reign, in a castle supreme
We'll reign in, a castle supreme

Cos I told you a thousand times (sold
you a thousand lies)
I love you, would you marry me?
I love you, would you marry me?
Cos I told you a thousand times (sold
you a thousand lies)
I love you, would you marry me?
I love you, would you marry me?

I've been waiting for the longest
time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
It'd bring my happy back

In the dark
So tired of waking up and its dark
So tired of being stuck on my own
here
Norway is cold dear

And here comes june
The sun is gonna shine in june
The doctor says I'll feel better soon
Fills my vitamin D pills
He hands me the big bill

Cause I've been waiting for the
longest time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
You'd bring my happy back

I'm gonna stay on this mountain high
Til you come running back
Don't leave me hangin' out on that
line
I want you to come back
I want you to come back

I miss my serotonin
And my days are goin nowhere fast
The language is so foreign
And I can never understand
Understand

Come back (x 11)

Yeah cause I've been waiting for the
longest time
I want you to come back
Maybe if the sun would shine
You'd bring my happy back

I'm gonna stay on this mountain high
Til you come running back
Don't leave me hanging out on that
line
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
I want you to come back
Yeah

Waiting for the longest time

Waiting for the longest time
I want you to come back

Only half of the time do you tell me
just what you want
Only half of the time do you tell me
just what you want
Can I get some contact?
Can I get some contact from you?
Can I get some contact with what is
real?

It's the end of the night and i'm
feelin' sexual
It's the end of the night and i'm
feelin' sexual
Can I get some love back?
Can I get some love back from you?
Can I get some love back that you
conceal?

And now I've fallen under your
charm
And now I fall into your arms
It's where I feel alright

In the blink of an eye do we do
what's natural
Maybe once or twice do we do
what's natural
Is it just a love task?
Is it too much to ask from you?
Is it just a love task or do you feel?

And I've fallen under your charm
And now I fall into your arms

And now I've fallen under your
charm
And now I fall into your arms
Where I feel alright
It's where I'll stay tonight

Only half of the time do you tell me
just what you want
Only half of the time do you tell me
just what you want
Can I get some contact?
Can I get some contact from you?
Can I get some contact with what is
real?

When I was
A little baby
A mamma's boy
No one could save me
From those kids at school

They would bully
They would tease
They would taunt me
Haunt me

"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"

Fear
I grew up so scared
The bible belt
Redneck lifestyle
One day i'll fly free

In the airplanes
"Where's my seat?
Where's my champagne?"
Champange

I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy

Heaven knows the lengths I'd go to
please them every day
They dont even notice when i'm
Down

Such a pretty boy
Such a pretty boy
Such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy

Hotels were closed
And the airport was clean
I was stranded alone
In my southwest dream

Hotels were closed
And the airport was clean
I was stranded alone
In my southwest dream

Fell down on both knees
You were young
Bones still soft
Legs fell numb

Oh how those sparrows sang for you

So you grew up
An isolated pup
You had some books
You had some love

Oh God was watching over you
Oh how those sparrows sang for you

You witnessed a man
A holy man
Touched your head
With his gentle hands

Oh God was watching over you

Lived in a house
In birmingham
A preacher's son
The Lord's plan

Oh God was watching over you
Oh how those sparrows sang for two

When you arrived
Carried you there
Hear the preacher's son
Your only love

Oh God was watching over you

Wedding bells rang
(Wedding bells ring)
Church choir sang
(Church choir sing)
A gospel song
(Whoa-oh oh whoa)
A beautiful one
(A beautiful one)

Oh such a melancholy tune
(It's a sad tune mmmm-mmm)
Oh how it reminds me of you

Think I'm gonna pass out
Think I'll just lay down right here
Would someone turn the light out?
I'll cover myself with a jacket, I'll still
Catch the last ride on a Brooklyn
train
30 years old and nothing's changed

Spent hours on a landline,
Hopin' you would find time for me
Showed up at your door, it was a
scene
I was so sure,
You would be free
I should have caught a ride on a
Brooklyn train
30 years old and nothing's changed

And I'll rise to greet you in the
morning... time
And I'll rise to greet you in the
morning

Tried so hard to ignore
All the feelings I have for you,
They won't leave
I'm so crazy
How I wish you would come around
And we could meet
So catch the last ride on the
Brooklyn train
Meet me on a corner and I'll
entertain

And I'll rise to greet you in the
morning... time
And I'll rise to greet you in the
morning
It's an honest thing, and honest
things they last

I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
From you...

I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
I think they're gonna come and carry
me away...
From you... From you... From you...