SONG THAT ENDS IN THE
Don’t bother knocking, no one is here
to catch you if you fall... fall from grace my dear
I don’t want to forgive you
For the things you haven't done
It’s going to catch you sooner than later if you run
The one thing I remember is the one thing you forget
How to live forever in just a few moments
NO TE CUESTA NADA
Drag me to the river cleanse me of my mortal sin
I was lost but not forgotten, so from the end I will begin
To make amends and tie the ends
That through the years became undone
Like a flock without a shepherd, a sunny day without the sun
It’s not so difficult at least that’s what my father said to me
To take a righteous road It don’t cost a thing but it will
set you free...
But I'm to broke to buy what you believe.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTNING
Friday nights were made for fighting
And the only light we had was lightning
Faster than the world it seems
When your only 17
Like smoke above the raging water
The rising son, the fallen daughter
We were meant to own the night
Born against the will to die
CHORUS:
We are the Heirs of Bexar to a fathers life
The sons of immigrants and wives
Gagged and bound by the shape and the sound
of the city my oh my
Saturdays are meant for living
Like growing old and not forgiving
Chasing dreams and love away
A thousand voices that will make you stay
Like smoke above the calming water
The rising son the fallen daughter
Have all grown up and moved away
Some of us were left to stay
(CHORUS)
When tomorrow meets yesterday
Just so you know
That nothing gold forever stays
So we fight the good fight and keep on keeping
The only thing we know
Is that the sun still rises when the Friday Nights are gone
Friday nights are made for fighting
Saturdays are made for living
Sunday nights are made for dying
When the only light we had was lightning
MANXIETY
Its been too long since I have heard your voice
And these words are only relevant by choice
As simple as it seems, Yesterday is still a dream
That I've never quite recovered fully from
If I seem a little needy, understand
That I'm not secure with these changes in our plans
This anxiety in my chest has worked a number on me at best
So I’m playing out the victim of circumstance
I will carry you so far and not for always
I've been dying to feel the comfort of your hands
Easy things like playing it smart
Have been doomed right from the start
I'm so lost without the script of true romance
CHORUS:
To feel relief in a sweet surrender
I'm just not cutout to share you in my life
If you believe in a perfect ending
Then I'm not so sure I'm in a good place from the start
These intentions are just misfires of the heart
I'm not quite aware of what I'm always saying
Only that I have a lot to say to you
Only fragments will make sense for this lack of confidence
That you took from me the day you took my name
If we are destined to serve out this lifetime sentence
I will stand convicted by the irony
That though we've broken this apart
This ball & chain wont drag too far
Because its a perfect fit for you and you and me
(CHORUS)
PESSIMISTIC AND THE LIONS WILL
The insecurity of standing still
The pessimistic and the lions will collide
In the name of pride
The tattered clothing and the broken hearts
Go undetected as the waiting darkness falls
Before I get to say to you... Good night my love
CHORUS:
Do you really think
That I would say such desperate things to dry your eyes
If you remember this
When I said for always I meant for all time
The ceremonious consistent blare
Of compromise that somehow never meets the end
My darling lets pretend
That everything I say exceeds in you
The expectations that you've set for me to prove
And I will stay this much is true, this much is true
(CHORUS)
If I say I'm sorry
Sincerity will always, linger in these words because its true
If and when I hurt you
My darling you deserve to cry your tears in silence
Like I do... Our love is cruel, Sadistic fools
Do you, If you, Say such desperate things to dry your eyes
HALES
Cut from the same tree
Your days are numbered, Just like mine
And I promise these things aren't as important as you like
To believe...
CHORUS:
Say what you mean, To understand and please
Take pity on yourself from time to time
Because you only want the things only
Only love the things that you cant find
That you cant find
Cut from the same tree
I've been around and so will you, So please don't do
All of these pipe dreams will keep you curiously blue
And if you...
(CHORUS)
Cut from the same tree
You've grown so beautifully alone, And like my own
Father before me I paved the road so come on home
And if you still...
Say what you mean
Hales I beg you please
Because where your going I've already been
And I only wanted things, I only loved the things
That could've been, That should've been
IF YOU OWN IT
I don’t belong Here, This place is cold and I do fear…
The decade is gone and so are you
I owe you so much, Conceived in absence of your touch
If you knew then where I am standing now
My darling when you left here
I was standing alone
Whoa Oh Oh...
Tonight the light will be shining
In case you come home and find that
This torch still burns in memory of you
I’m hurting so much, This lack of closure just won’t stop
These tired eyes form years of crying
My darling I’m not sleeping
Because I’m dreaming of you
Whoa Oh Oh...
If you own it let it go, I’m not convinced but I’ve been told
True love returns if you believe
I found that place in time the dialog repeating in my mind
We are where we are... and that’s ok
I wouldn’t take it back, If I could I’d relive
From the beginning till the end
I miss this so much, Hold me now whisper I love…
These days may never be again
My darling If you are listening
I'm still singing to you
Whoa Oh Oh...
All songs written by Robert Vito Salinas 2013 © - The Blackbird Sings Publishing (ASCAP)
My darling please don’t go
Please don’t go.... and leave
I don’t want your opinion just need your sympathy
When this life is like a fountain that is overflown with grief
I don’t want you to tempt me indulgence in a scene
Just need someone to talk to face to face with me
The one thing I remember... is the one thing you forget
How to live forever in just a few moments
My darling please don’t go
Please don’t go.... and leave
Girl don’t you leave me, don’t you leave
Until we see...
MOONLIGHT & VALENTINA
Pardon my speaking the influence is far from sinking under...
The stars and everything
I've given so much and so far I see that your still bleeding under...
Your heart... and over everything
Pardon my pleading... Moonlight & Valentina are you feeling...
The weight of everything
I heart you so much so much to say that we should start this over...
In spite of everything
Please wake me before I call to mind a different light
Please wake me before I say tomorrow, and mean tonight
I was so different back then
At least that's what you always said
When I was so... beautiful... you're so beautiful... In Love
My Love... True
THE DAYS LIKE FLOWERS GO
He’s a man in disguise, A handsome devil with brown eyes
So overconfident but these tainted hands tell a different story
One that stays inside
She’s a beauty in distress overworked and unimpressed
With what life has got to give and oh what I wouldn't give to blame her
Like so many times
CHORUS:
If this is love... then what are we forgiving for?
So tired of... living with you and all your faults.
It’s not your fault my darling...
It’s not your fault I do
They were best friends from the start and enemies from years of loving
The days like flowers grow so beautiful and withered by the morning
Like so many lives
She says that she doesn't love him, he replies that he don't care
But the truth is there is no other who compares to you
I wish I could forget you... like those that came before
(CHORUS)
Hurting words will never mend a lovely bird with just one wing
And the thought of flying alone is just profound
He meant every word he said but never meant to cut so deeply
And just like falling feels like flying for a while
She has been falling into pieces for some time
PROMISE OF A RISING SON
Words like weapons pierce the skin
The fragile ties that lie within us all
The world we know like brittle bones
The blood squeezed out of every stone we cast
If nothing lasts forever, then forever will deceive you to believe
We are all just passengers on a train that never leaves
The feelings tied to every line
We sell our bodies short to make ends meet
Hit the ground running from the pain
That's creeping slowly through our feet... Into the heart
The times they have been changing
Since the day it took for one to recognize
We are all a part of this, tonight your part of mine
CHORUS:
Round and Round it goes making stories to be told
Some of growing up and some are growing older
Only time will tell, If there is a heaven... there is a hell
That is waiting to embrace us when we go there... so don't go
The wallflowers will never bloom inside a smoky crowded room
Of intellects and simple minded
We are all just prisoners to, amendments of the Golden rule
Do to yourself as you would do to others
20 eyes have all been blinded, by the promise of a rising sun
And I am just a messenger... here to spread the fear of god
Please take it easy... You are not alone
Please if you need me... I’ll be waiting here
Waiting to come home