SOULBELLY Lyrics
from http://endor.org/soulbelly

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CRASH LANDING on the demo



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ARTFULLY DISHEVELED on the demo



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BOWL OF CHERRIES on the demo

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on 8/2001 demo
    (c) 2001 Yellowhouse Records


Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

I don't know why but I cried when you lied to me
I should just try to move on with my life
But I can't seem to find my way
I'm having a hard time
Fill me with empty lies
'Cuz you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

You should be laughing
I don't tell my dad
And I will not be sad
Although I should have had
A good night by now
Should have my day the sun right now
... not what I like somehow
You were a lousy kisser anyhow
And you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Now I think I might go on down 
This old flight of stairs
And grab a quick bite
And maybe go ride my bike later
Do what I like 
So people know that I'm right
So find a quiet wife
And have a great life
The only think you ever taught me you know
.... guy with no heart at all
You're just a good one
Nothing but a heartache type of guy anyway

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Should have a good life by now
Should have my day in the sun right now
.. find out what I ... some how
You were a lousy kisser anyhow
I will not cry anymore right now
I worked too hard to turn my life around
I should feel sorry for you somehow
You were a lousy kisser anyhow
And you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries


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DOT on the demo



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EVERYTHING AND NOTHING on soulbelly

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on 2001 demo
    (c) 2001 Yellowhouse Records


Soon as you leave
Wacth it rain on my parade
You were my friend
You were our future
Look how far we've come now
We used to talk about

Everything and nothing new
Talk until the sun had shown
Stared into your rain since over
Wowed by what we both had seen
Everything and nothing

The closer I get
The farther away I am
We .....?
An infinite sound
We used to rather in what we had
... behind those empty eyes

Look how far we've come now
We used to talk about
Everything and nothing new
Talk until the sun had shown
Stared into your rain since over
Wowed by what we both had seen
Everything and nothing
Everything and nothing
Everything

Where did we go
What did we say
Something went wrong
We are not the same
Where did we go
Look what we've got now
But I can't remember the time when
When it when it was all about

Everything and nothing new
Talk until the sun had shown
Stared into your rain since over
Wowed by what we both had seen
Everything and nothing
Everything and nothing
Everything and nothing
Everything


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HIGHWAY on soulbelly

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on 2001 demo
    (c) 2001 Yellowhouse Records


I'll figure it out along the way
Isn't the journey the destination anyway
I don't think I'm the lonely one
'Cuz when I'm driving and thinking and loving and singing 
I'm having fun

I'd offer to take you to the edge
If I could remember how to get there
I'd give you a lift up to Heaven
Well this is as close as I can get you

Say goodnight to the stars 
And blow a kiss to the moon, sweetheart
Say goodnight to the stars 
And blow a kiss to the moon
Cuz I've got to get back and I'm leaving soon

Say goodnight to the stars 
And blow a kiss to the moon, sweetheart
Say goodnight to the stars 
And blow a kiss to the moon
Cuz I've got to get back and I'm leaving

I love to drive my car
And I love to drive so far
And I love to drive my car
And I love to drive so far
And I love to drive my car
And I love to drive so far
And I want to drive your car away

I'll figure it out along the way
Isn't the journey the destination anyway


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BOWL OF CHERRIES on soulbelly

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on 2001 demo
    (c) 2001 Yellowhouse Records


Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

I don't know why but I cried when you lied to me
I should just try to move on with my life
But i can't seem to find my way
Having a hard time
Fill me with empty lies
'Cuz you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

You should be laughing
I don't tell my dad
And I will not be sad
Although I should have had
A good night by now
And I might be in the sun right now
... not what I like some how
We're all laughing anyhow
And you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Now I think I might go on down 
This old flight of stairs
And grab a quick bite
And maybe go ride my bike later
Do what I like 
So people know that I'm right
So find a quiet wife
And have a great life
The only think you ever taught me 
Your love is a guy who might know how to ...?
You're just a good one
Nothing but a heartache type of guy anyway

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Just have a good life by now
And I might be in the sun right now
.. find out what I ... some how
You were a lousy kisser anyhow
I will not cry anymore right now
I worked too hard to turn my life around
I should feel sorry for you somehow
You were a lousy kisser anyhow
And you promised me

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is just a bowl of cherries


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HUNG THE MOON on soulbelly

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on 2001 demo
    (c) 2001 Yellowhouse Records


How about if you just come sit next to me
It feels good when your legs touch mine
The best things in this life are free
Yeah that's for sure
But you, you are my type

Forgive me if I stop and tell you
But you're prettier than most in here
They really got me, got me going 
Forgive me if I stop and tell you
But it's just the way you're standing there
You've really got me, got me going

All the world's a stage
And you are acting now
I like it when you are acting on my scene
Too much time away from you
I just don't know what I'm going to do
I just got to get away from here

Forgive me if I stop and tell you
But you're prettier than most in here
They really got me, got me going 
Forgive me if I stop and tell you
But it's just the way you're standing there
You've really got me, got me going
Got me going

I will wait forever
I will wait forever
I will wait because you hung the moon
You hung the moon

I will wait forever
I will wait because you hung the moon
You hung the moon

I will wait forever
I will wait because you hung the moon
You hung the moon


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IMITATING LIFE on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I am older and
I'm just a little wiser than
My predecessor's been
The me I was won't be back again

Sometimes it seems to be
People are so mean to me
I guess I expect nothing less
But i'm alright
Don't stare at me 'cause i'll be fine
I'm on time
I know that life won't pass me by
I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright

Sometimes I pretend
Our relationship is functional
After talking to my Friend
I see the light and the tunnel's end

Sometimes it seems to be
People are so mean to me
I guess I expect nothing less
But I'm alright
Don't stare at me 'cause i'll be fine
I'm on time
I know that life won't pass me by
I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright
right, right right right right

I'm alright
Don't stare at me 'cause i'll be fine
I'm on time
I know that life won't pass me by

does my art imitate life imitate life or does
does my life imitate art imitate art
does my art imitate life imitate life or does
does my life imitate art imitate art

I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright
I do believe i'll be alright
right, right right right right


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WINDOWSEAT on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I've been driving all night to escape myself 
But morning's come and I'm still here
Crowded in this one man room
Temptation runs free to hide to hide in me
To hide to hide in me

Thanks but I prefer not to
I'll take the window seat
Thanks but I prefer not to
It's really not you it's me
Sorry, no time today
Sorry, don't ask to see me
To see me

I'll drink my coffee alone thanks
I'll take it for the road
Where I don't have to talk or smile or listen 
Listen to your empty words 
Listen to your empty words 

Thanks but I prefer not to
I'll take the window seat
Thanks but I prefer not to
It's really not you it's me
Sorry, no time today
Sorry, don't ask to see me
To see me

Sorry, no time today
Sorry, don't ask to see me
To see me

Sorry, no time today
Sorry, don't ask to see me
To see me

Sorry, no time today
Sorry, It's really not you it's me

Sorry, no time today
Sorry, don't ask to see me
To see me

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TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE YESTERDAY on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


Dirty face and dirty hands
Dirty face and dirty hands
Out of place with so much gray
Out of place with so much gray
Standing by his shopping cart
Standing by his shopping cart
Yelling at a box of cereal
Yelling at a box of cereal
I wonder what he's thinking

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I don't even 
Want to start over
Think I'll just roll over
Tomorrow looks like yesterday
I'm not leaving
But you know I ain't no closer
So I just won't bother
Tomorrow looks like yesterday

Pretty face and empty heart
Pretty face and empty heart
Seems strange in this day and age
Seems strange in this day and age
Look at me from the outside
Look at me from the outside
Everything is a-okay
Everything is a-okay
I wonder what they think of me

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[REPEAT CHORUS]

I wonder when the day will come
I wonder when the day will come
I wonder when the day will come
And the sun won't

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]


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THE I MISS YOU SONG on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I miss you
I miss you 
I do

Gone so far away from me
Gone so far across the sea
Gone so far away from me
Gone so far across the sea

I miss you
I miss you
I wake up in the morning, you're not there
...you're not there
I want to run my fingers through your hair
...through your hair
I want to feel your body next to mine
I'm sick of not being with you all the time
I wake up in the morning, you're not there
When I want to run my fingers through your hair

I miss you
I miss you
I call you on the tele cause I love you
...I love you
If nothing else in life, that's what I want to do
...I want to do
I want to feel your body next to mine
I'm sick of not being with you all the time
I wake up in the morning, you're not there
When I want to run my fingers through your hair
Through your hair
Through your hair

Gone so far away from me
Gone so far across the sea

I want to feel your body next to mine
...next to mine
I'm sick of not being with you all the time
...all the time
I wake up in the morning, you're not there
...you're not there
When I want to run my fingers through your hair

I want to stare down deep into your eyes
...into your eyes
Kiss your lips, it should be no surprise
...no surprise
I've got so much I want to say
...want to say
You're always on my mind each and every day

I don't want to live without you
So I wrote this song about you
Cause I want you here
I need you here
I think about you all the time
All the time
All the time
All the time

I miss you
I miss you
I do

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SHE'S A WEIRDO on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


Did she walk along the darkest ocean
Was she struck by a single notion
Did she wonder, wonder about the past
Maybe I should disappear and go somewhere
Where the books aren't just read by their covers
But maybe I'm going nowhere, nowhere fast

Thanks for the love, and your open mind
Oh, you're so kind to say

[CHORUS]
She's a weirdo and she's starting to annoy me
She's a weirdo and she doesn't like pretty things
She's a weirdo and now she looks like a boy
So much for status quo
She's a weirdo

She gets to wondering, wondering maybe
Did she feel so alone as a baby
An empty heart fixates on another's touch
Think I could fly away and go somewhere
Where the boys and the girls play more fair
But maybe I'm going nowhere, nowhere fast

Thanks for the love, and your open mind
Oh, you're so kind to say

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Thanks for the love, and your open mind
Oh, you're so kind to say

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]



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MUST BE DUMB on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I look through a magazine that's full of crap
But it's crap I want to be
Oh would I could I should I try 
Try to look heroin chic
I'm ultra-cool and my pockets bottomless
I think I'll buy everything
I wonder wonder wonder why
Why can't you be like me

I can't see myself in a limousine
Or what I'm told to be in these magazines
I keep saying the wrong things
But I guess that's me
I guess that's me, i must be
Hey I, hey I, I must be dumb
I must be
Hey I, hey I, I must be dumb

I see myself in doorways
I see myself in light
Sometimes I see myself
And I'm so unsatisfied
Should I wrap myself in daffodils
Should I buy myself some new shoes
Oh I must have been so stupid, so stupid
Who was I trying to fool

I can't see myself in a limousine
Or what I'm told to be in these magazines
I keep saying the wrong things
But I guess that's me
I guess that's me, i must be
Hey I, hey I, I must be dumb
I must be
Hey I, hey I, I must be dumb

Big sun shining down on you
Like one star to another
Oh it's your love, your love
That keeps my head above water
I'm freaked out but holding steady
I'm walking off my injuries
Oh but I'm so sick, I'm so sick
Of being the same old me
Same old me, same old me
I must have been so stupid
To think I could be anything
Anything perceived as cool
In this old world
To make a dent in this old world

Oh anything anything
Anything anything
Oh anything anything
Anything anything
Oh anything anything
Anything anything
Anything anything
Anything Anything at all
Anything at all
Anything at all
Anything at all

I can't see
I can't see
I can't see

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SILVER 1 on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


My love is so big
It'll reach you
It'll smother you

And my love is so tall
It'll tower over you
It'll dwarf you

But my heart is so small
Doesn't take much to fill it
There is no room left

My love is so wrong
It'll poison you
It'll burn you

Did I say that out loud?
Did I say that out loud?
There's no silver one in this cloud
Did I say that out loud?

My love is a tidal wave
It'll lift you up
And come crashing down

And my love is an astronaut
I'll be your hero
And then float out into space

But my heart is so small
It's shrinking day-by-day
As more gets stuffed into it

My love is so wrong
It'll disappoint you
It'll let you down

Did I say that out loud?
Did I say that out loud?
There's no silver one in this cloud
Did I say that out loud?

Something in me is dying
Something in me is dying
How long is the time bomb
There's nothing here about a time bomb

Did I say that out loud?
Did I say that out loud?
There's no silver one in this cloud
There's no silver one in this cloud

Did I say that out loud?
Did I say that out loud?
There's no silver one in this cloud
Did I say that out loud?

Did I say that out loud?
There's no silver one in this cloud
There's no silver one in this cloud
Did I say that out loud?

My love is so wrong
It'll disappoint you
Almost every time

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TEN FEET TALL AND BULLET-PROOF on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I'm a diamond
Set in perfection
So condescending
I'm the resurrection
I'm the sunshine
And you are the planets
So taken for granted
My solar system

[CHORUS]
I'm ten feet tall and bullet-proof
I'm ten feet tall and bullet-proof
I'm young and beautiful
I'm ten feet tall

I can do that
I can go there
On a double-dare
You know I'll live forever

[REPEAT CHORUS]
And bullet-proof

Just watch my shooting star
And watch me shoot my 
My mouth off one more time

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]
And bullet-proof

I'm ten feet tall
I'm ten feet tall


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EGGSHELLS on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


Think i'll stop along the way, long way
No one to hurry home to, no one
All my energy is spent
The more you have the less I am
Walk on eggshells just to realize
I'm sound asleep

You're in my head, you let me down
You're in my head, I kick you out
I'm in your hands, they're on my hips
You're in my head, where have I been

Summer wind on my face, my face
Sound of traffic far away from me, from me
All my energy is spent
The more you have the less I am
Walk on eggshells just to realize
I'm sound asleep now

You're in my head, you let me down
You're in my head, I kick you out
I'm in your hands, they're on my hips
You're in my head, where have I been

I can't figure out your half-hearted resignation
Walk on eggshells to avoid an empty explanation
Breakdown in communication
Idiot inauguration
Don't worry because I am sleeping
I am sleeping, I am sleeping

You're in my head, you let me down
You're in my head, I kick you out
I'm in your hands, they're on my hips
You're in my head, where have I been, been

You're in my head, you're in my head
You're in my head, you let me down

You're in my head, you're in my head
You're in my head, you let me down

You're in my head, you're in my head
You're in my head, you're in my head

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SOPHIA'S WORLD on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


A sigh of breathe flows from her lips
Another day laid down to rest
She's got her finger in her
In her eyelet lace dress
As she nurtures peace one drop at a time

[CHORUS]
Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 
Where all things come together
Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 
Where all things come together

Unanswered thoughts cavorting
So provoking swing then by and by
This tale is not yet 
Is not yet 
Her word's are silenced
She prays she'll soon find her treasure chest

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 

One drop at a time
One drop at a time
One drop at a time

Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 

Sophia's world 
Sophia's world 
All things, all things, all things
Sophia's world 



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DANDELION on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


Burning shadow under a tangerine breeze
Hiding inside that no one may see
Lonely blossoming, perpetual spring
Rotting inside all the while

[CHORUS]
Are we not ourselves?
Are we not spirit?
Seeking ever-elusive silence
Like dandelions from a distance
Masquerading as a flower

Blowing circles from a cigarette sea
The glow within not so radiantly
Chasing dandelion fuzz away from weed
Once so beautiful, now dead and gone

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]


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RADIO on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


I'm finding I need the air
To breathe and to realize
Sometimes we become the distance
Between you and I
I'm high but like a mountain
I'm free when i'm alone
Oh but sometimes it brings me so low
So low, so low

Will you ever be near me
Would you ever die when I sing
Could you ever like this song
If you heard it on
The radio, the radio

Intangible indifference
Smile so politely
But oh how I wish you could feel
What I feel, what I feel, what I feel

Will you ever be near me
Would you ever die when I sing
Could you ever like this song
If you heard it on
The radio, the radio
The radio, the radio

Need you to be my shelter
I want you to get into my mind
Need you to be my shelter
I want you to get into my mind, my mind

One flesh but always two hearts
Beat differently but not apart
One flesh but always two hearts
Beat differently but not apart
One flesh but always two hearts
Beat differently but not apart
One flesh but always two hearts
Beat differently but not apart
Differently, differently
Differently, differently

The radio, the radio
The radio, the radio
The radio, the radio
The radio, the radio

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FUTURA on simple.chaotic

    As written, arranged, produced and performed 
    by Amy, Nick, Phil and Shane on simple.chaotic
    (c) 1999 Yellowhouse Records


Hey i'm dreaming today
Can't get that ride out of my mind
She's old, she's a beauty
So smooth, so cool
Yeah, those were the days 
When cars were actually built to last
Oh man, I think I was born in the wrong generation

[CHORUS]
I'm reminiscing of a day 
I've never known
But it sounds so sweet 
And it must have been better 
Than what we know today
But probably sweeter in hindsight

Yeah, back in those days
The air, it was clean 
And the park safe to play all day long
It was a place 
Where good old boys only fought with fists 
And everything, everything was ok

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Back then people meant
They meant what they said
You see I wanna buy some penny candy
Lets take the top down
I think i'll just close my eyes
And reminisce of a day i've never known

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]


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