Brian Ray

Happy Ending

 
last night, all alone
next stop, HoneysAtHome dot com
one click and there’s your pic
you said, ‘what’s up’
and then it was on
it’s SO on

looks like I did it again, oh!
been where I shouldn’t have been,
here we go, here we go
looks like I did it again, oh!
been where I shouldn’t have been
here we go now

we came we crashed
we drove too fast
right past the point of return
we lived and died in just one night
you smiled as you slipped out the door
while I was hoping for something more
than a happy ending

zip code good to go
mapquest and I’m on the road, oh no
‘a beep beep, I hit the brights
I see you - damn! -
and you climb inside
my ride

(Chorus)

In the twin bed of my awkward youth
I’m dreaming of a princess who
would stay with me
and play with me
in Camelot I’m Lancelot
and she’d adore my mighty sword

Saturday in The Sun

well I’m rollin’ out of bed
I’m an easy rider
with a sweet song in my head
my destination
‘bout a mile away
she said, ooh baby, ooh
won’t you come and make my day

I see the ocean and the blue skies
and I’m ok
movin’ in slow motion

got a thumb hangin’ off ‘a my pocket
got a daydream with your name on it
no real reason to run
Saturday in the sun
she got her ruby red hiphuggers
and she can move them like no other
let the good times come
Saturday in the sun

we got nothin’ special to do
cuz time’s on our side
and I got nothin’ to prove

I’m feelin’ California
and it’s ok
and you know I’m comin’ for ya

I Found You

I was out for fun
into action
looking for some satisfaction
gimme something shiny, something new
running wild all alone
lost with no direction home
another rolling stone
black and blue

I found you
you crashed into my dreams
started stealing all the scenes
and now it seems you've got me too
I found you
much to my surprise
I just opened up my eyes
to find you glad to find me to
I found you

I climbed aboard
the magic bus
faced the dragons chasing us
battling the windmills of my youth
I searched along Park Avenue
and climbed the mountains of Peru
and never got no closer to the truth

ch

on the ropes
down and out
waiting for the ref to count
but just before the final round was through

Hello Lonely

I been hangin’ out
phone is blowin’ up
but I only wanna shut it off, shut it up
cuz I only care to be
here alone with you

so much catchin’ up left to do
been a minute since we got to talk it out,
talk about how I said that I would never
never make you blue

but I was such a fool
to choose her over you

always
you come back
hello lonely
tell me how you been lately
welcome home
baby
come on in
hello lonely
feels so good to have you
back inside my arms

remember you and I
every single night
watching’ movies, laughing’ all the time
never had a fight, never had to try
to be someone I’m not

but I was such a fool
to choose her over you

can we get it back to the way it was
only us just like before
cuz I just can’t take this pain anymore

Let’s Fall Apart

got a new propaganda
I tell myself when I can’t stand the
way I look when I look into the mirror

I see you and you’re so cool
seems like you got no issues
come to find
you think the same way I do
you’re a mess too

let’s fall apart together
yeah, we’re no good on our own
don’t have to be alone
let’s fall apart together
together we will find the truth

used to think I knew the ropes
read the books by all of those dopes
but there’s just no substitute for experience

got all my stuff together
thought I was so damn clever
I looked around and there I was
with all my stuff
and it wasn’t enough

This Way Up

let’s go riding in my car
just hit the gas
and we’ll outrun the past
let’s go drivin’ like the fools they say we are
we’ll turn this thing around
the whole world’s upside down

I said hey, hey, hey it’s time to make our getaway
I said hey, hey, hey talkin’ ‘bout a great escape
so hold on tight, ride with me
we’ll storm the gates
like Steve McQueen
and it’s this way up

it doesn’t matter who you are
or who you think you are
if you have a heart
forget that crap you learned
back in your little school
they changed the rules last night
they said that wrong was right

I said hey, hey, hey it’s time to make our getaway
I said hey, hey, hey talkin’ ‘bout a great escape
so hold on tight, ride with me
we’ll crash the gates
like Steve McQueen
and it’s this way up

Rearview

I know this girl
she’s something to see
the picture of perfection
up in a cage a beautiful bird
lost in her own reflection

you love to watch her as she’s gliding
through the air
but watch your heart
if you start falling for her

the closer you get
the colder the night
when she’s near you
the closer you get
the faster she flies
into the rearview

I guess that her father
couldn’t be bothered
ever to get to know her
so much that her mother
way over-loved her
but she never could control her

you love to watch her as she’s gliding
through the air
but watch your heart
when you start falling for her

It’s hard to see, man
but you’re just like me and
I’m trying to tell you where I’ve been
so you can make it
a perfect escape from
the prison you’re
about to break in

Camouflage

your lips, your eyes
don’t need no makeup
show me your face
as you wake up

the signs all say
stay in fashion
and we conform
while they all cash in
I’m not blending in

we are everything that we will ever be
we’ve got everything that we will ever need
we don’t need
camouflage

don’t need a fix
when nothing’s broken
breathe out, breathe in
with your heart open
let the sunlight in

these lines of mine
don’t need reversin’
don’t care to be
a perfect person
I’m not buying in

Very Happy Song

you ring me up to let me know
that I should write a song for you
that lifts the soul
something light, not my specialty
maybe something more like you
and less like me

so I wrote this for you
you can pass it around
and play it while the ship’s goin’ down

here it is, sing along
like every one of us is oblivious
to what’s goin’ on
sing it out, loud and strong
I hope you like this very happy song

the end is near, it’s bombs away
there goes my pension plan
and 401K
up in smoke just like that
went from hope to broken
in two seconds flat

hear no evil, speak no evil
just watch the show
three little monkeys all in a row

we’re americans, proud and strong
if all that we have left is this song

so here it is, sing along
like every one of us is oblivious
to what’s goin’ on
sing it out, loud and strong
I hope you like this very
sardonic and contrary
extra ordinary happy song

Hey Miranda

hey Miranda,
I can barely hear your voice
we lost the gift of choice
guess we took it all for granted

life’s so random
I thought we had it made
in the shadows in the shade
we compromised the life we prized
and let it slip away

hey hey hey, hey Miranda
better days
yeah, they’re just around the bend
hey hey hey, hey Miranda
in the distance I can see
we’re finally runnin’ free
Miranda

we were stranded
like dogs who lost their way
yeah I missed you every day
I could see blue skies behind your eyes
on every rainy day

we were stranded, like dogs who lost their way
but I missed you girl, every rainy day
miles and miles of open road
beyond this worn out bed
we’ll drive so hard we’ll outrun
the noises in our head

hey hey hey, hey Miranda
better days
yeah, they’re just around the bend
hey hey hey, hey Miranda
in the distance I can see
you runnin’ back to me
Miranda

Under The Sun

 
come
take a walk in the sun
a new day’s just begun here
with you dear

and try
let the voices subside
and the music inside you
will guide you and I

and the days will unfold like the pages
of a familiar book
passed on down through the ages

run
run together as one
we’ll write history
right here under the sun

and in time
by and by we’ll be fine then
take these dirty hands and
let love purify them

so come
take a walk in the sun
a new day’s just begun here
under the sun
it will be so much fun dear
under the sun