One More Time (2011)

Bryan Elijah Smith

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Released on July 28th, 2011 at FloydFest X. Written, recorded, produced, mixed & mastered by Bryan Elijah Smith at Empty Sound Productions in Dayton, VA between January & July of 2011. It also features accompaniment by Jeff Miller on banjo & backing vocals + Jay Austin on violin.

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LYRICS

1. Goodbye, Hello
There was a time when I would know
every book you read, every word you said
every place you would go.

Let it pour on me one more time
& tell me everything's alright
and don't go

Goodbye
Hello

There was a man who didn't know
Every song he played, every seed he laid
everytime he could go

Let it pour on me one more time
& tell me everything's alright
and don't go

Goodbye
Hello

If now is then & no is no
don't tell me stop, don't tell me not
don't tell me to go


2. Forever
Everybody's sayin' what I can't think.  Everybody thinkin' what I don't mean but I know & I know & I know it ain't me.
What everybody's doin' I don't know.  Where everybdoy's goin' I can't go but I go & I go & I go until I can see.

Oh love me & oh kiss me one more time, one more time or forever, forever.

Everybody's talkin' all their shit.  They'll never stop until I quit but I won't & I won't & I won't cause it ain't me.
What everybody's feelin' I can't say cause everybody's wants it their own way and I won't & I won't & I won't ever agree.

Oh love me & oh kiss me one more time, one more time or forever, forever.

Nobody's tryin' their best.  I put on a suit & put on a vest.  Will you please, will you please, will you please let me be.
Nobody tells me what I can't do.  So I'm doin' what I need to get through to you and I will & I will make you see.

Oh love me & oh kiss me one more time, one more time or forever, forever.


3. Baby Blue
All of my days, never asked for any help.  
Changin' my ways, runnin' circles round myself.

If the candle don't burn then it ain't on fire.  You could hang me up at a funeral pire.
Yeah, I got the money & I know what to do so tell me when you want me to my baby blue.

My baby blue.  My baby blue.

All of my life, runnin' circles for so long.
Chasin' those lies, comin' out in every song.

If the candle don't burn then it ain't on fire.  You could hang me up at a funeral pire.
yeah, I got the money & I know what to do so tell me when you want me to my baby blue.

My baby blue.  My baby blue. 


4. Tell You
If I fall apart would you read the signs or would you change your heart?  Would you change your mind?
In a broken glass,  in your broken eyes.  In our broken past in a new disguise.

Tell me what you need.  Tell you what I got.  Tell me who you are.  Tell you what I'm not.

If I change my ways would you read the signs or would you curse my name?  Would say these lines?
To a broken song with a broken voice or would you take too long to make a choice?

Tell me what you need.  Tell you what I got.  Tell me who you are.  Tell you what I'm not.


5. Dance With Me
Busted up in a pick up truck I went out for a ride.
Drove around for an hour or two gettin' lost in the country side.
Kickin' it up then kickin' down I was singin' to a mix tape.
I lit a joint, held my breath, gettin' lost in the great escape.

I'm movin' to a song that no one knows.
Dancin' to a song I can't sing.
I'm movin' to a song that no one knows.
Come on baby dance with me.

I was drivin' down a one way street thinkin' how if I tried
I could turn around, I could go back home, I could get to the other side.
But I kept on a movin' & kept on singin' to a song no one knew.
Do what you want, do what you will, just do what you do.

I'm movin' to a song that no one knows.
Dancin' to a song I can't sing.
I'm movin' to a song that no one knows.
Come on baby dance with me.


6. Another Day
Drivin' so fast I couldn't even see the light leadin' my way back home on thru the night.
I was so numb I couldn't even feel my face.  I was feelin' alone, I was feelin' so out of place.

Another day, another day until I go.

The music's so loud I couldn't even hear the cop trailin' behind for the last 2 blocks.
My mind was gone my head was filled with doubt.  I didn't know why, I didn't know where, I didn't even know how.

Another day, another day until I go.

I'm lyin' awake it's almost 2/25.  I'm prayin' to God please keep me here alive.
The sun is comin' the moon is in the sea.  If you can't change the world you ain't ever gonna change me.

Another day, another day until I go.

7. All Those Years
The rain never quits & the night never ends.
The door never opens.  You ain't ever gettin' in.

It keeps beatin' ya down.
Gonna chase away all those years that keep beatin' ya down.

The rain never quit when you prayed to God.
Don't ask for what you don't need.  You only need what you got.
The movie never stops.  The page never turns.
The TV is always off, but your picture still burns.

It keeps beatin' ya down.
Gonna chase away all those years that keep beatin' ya down.


8. "Smoke & Mirrors"
It's hard to write a folk song.  It's hard to sing in tune
when you keep thinkin' about tomorrow. You keep chasin' that moon.

It drives me mad. It drives me wild. It drives me insane.

Smoke in her eyes, mirrors on the wall, keep burnin' like stone.
The day never breaks, the night never ends.  (she's) too hot, too cold.  Too hot to hold.

It's hard to write a love song.  It's hard to break away.
It's hard to finish writin' words you can't say.

It drives me mad. It drives me wild. It drives me insane.

Smoke in her eyes, mirrors on the wall, keep burnin' like stone.
The day never breaks, the night never ends.  (she's) too hot, too cold.  Too hot to hold.


9. Penny Arcade
I went down to the penny arcade where I could spend my time on the games she plays.
Well I got the money & she's got it made cause I'm waistin' my days at a penny arcade.

Hold my hand and make me feel like I want to
Hold your hand and make you feel like you need

She don't know my love don't grow like money on a tree
It grows...it grows inside of me.

I think about the time I spent on you.  I'd press the wrong buttons then the game was through.
But I'll take a shot & I'll take a miss.  Lord, if that's a sin then give the devil my kiss.

Hold my hand and make me feel like I want to
Hold your hand and make you feel like you need

She don't know my love don't grow like money on a tree
It grows...it grows inside of me.

I'd trade this place for livin' in a car.  Hell, I'd trade this place for a guitar & a bar.
Where the whiskey's so sweet it tastes like wine.  And no Penny Arcade can make you feel that fine.

10. "Minute Or Two"

She's a run around.  An american queen in a wedding gown.  I don't mean to be mean.

She keeps dancin' & dancin' all alone.  She keeps singin' a song I'll never know.

In a minute or two I'll get back to you.  But in the mean time what's your name?
In a minute or two I'll get back to you.  But in the mean time what's your game?

Another break down and the ceiling moves.  And you see the sound as you make your move.

She keeps dancin' & dancin' all alone. She keeps singin' a song I'll never know.

In a minute or two I'll get back to you. But in the mean time what's your name?
In a minute or two I'll get back to you. But in the mean time what's your game?

She's a hurricane you could never predict.  You're gonna know her name when you feel her kiss.

11. Somedays
Somedays I'd like think I was you.  (But) Everybody knows all the things I can't do.
Cause the whiskey is all I know - breaking my heart, breaking my soul.

'Til I'm falling down all over you.

Well the mornings come too fast.  Listen to the wise man, he says, "nothing will last."
Unless you love it like you love the world.  (Cause) Every man needs a woman.  Every boy needs a girl.

'Til I'm falling down all over you.

Somedays I'd like to think I was you.  (But) Everybody knows all the things I'll never do.
Cause the music is all I know - saving my heart, yeah, saving my soul.

'Til I'm falling down, I'm falling down all over you.

12. Hook Me Up
Come on hook me up all night.  She got the moves right.  Go on hook me up.  Come on baby do it one more time.
Come on pick me up all night.  She got the moves right.  Go on pick me up.  Come on baby do it one more time.
Come on wear me out all night.  She got the moves right.  Go on wear me out.  Come on baby do it one more time.
Come on hook me up all night.  She got the moves right.  Go on hook me up. Come on baby do it one more time.

13. Whiskey For Free (Bonus Track - Live on Aux Send)
i was gonna drive home but i lost my only key but that's okay cause man i got that whiskey for free
all the girls in the bar are laughing at me but that's okay cause man i got that whiskey for free
all the people on the street they're all walking over me but that's okay cause man i got that whiskey for free
i was stumbling drunk man, fell into my tv but that's okay cause man i got that whiskey for free
the whiskey i've been drinking is spilling all over me but that's okay cause man i got that whiskey for free