Fire In The Barn

 

Fire In The Barn

Written by Scott Wainwright

Come quick, there's a blaze in the barn

The opening line, to Aunt Nelly's yarn

Step back from the cookie jar

I've come a long way

But I will still go that far

Now who's that in the kitchen?

Are they on the run?

Now who knows you are missing?

If I call them will they come?

Don't ask questions, if you can't take the truth

You know I saw you run across the barn roof

Empty your pockets

While I bolt the catches

Whose are those rockets?

Whose are those matches?

From the album 'Every Man Has His Critics'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/every-man-has-his-critics

Here For You

 

Here For You

Written by Scott Wainwright

Open wide those precious brown eyes

Come now, wipe those tears away

Wave so long to yesterday's ties

From your sorrows you will wake

(chorus)

Your plane in the sunset

Has somewhere to land

I'm right in front of you

Too many regrets

Can only tie up your hand

But I'm here for you

Cast aside those dark dark clouds

See how the good times play

Rip away misery's shroud

And leave it where you lay

(chorus)

Your plane in the sunset

Has somewhere to land

I'm right in front of you

Too many regrets

Can only tie up your hand

But I'm here for you

Don't you go stepping back

There's no hope in yesterday

All your sorrows now are passed

There's ground to be made

(chorus)

Your plane in the sunset

Has somewhere to land

I'm right in front of you

Too many regrets

Can only tie up your hand

But I'm here for you

From the album 'Every Man Has His Critics'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/every-man-has-his-critics

Blueberry Jam and Lemonade

 

Blueberry Jam and Lemonade

Written by Scott Wainwright

Boys take your girls by the hand

As the bees leave the hive

That honey so sweet

Its just the treat

Its just the treat

Flying over above your head

Its those bees that I said

In the second line

(chorus)

Shout 'Terry get the band'

And kiss the maid

Blueberry Jam and Lemonade

Girls take your boys by the hand

As the leaves leave the trees

Those homemade pies

They catch your eyes

They catch your eyes

Falling from above your head

Its those leaves that I said

In the second line

(chorus)

Shout 'Terry get the band'

And kiss the maid

Blueberry Jam and Lemonade

Terry goes and gets the band

As those fists start to fly

That bar room brawl

It ruins your night

It ruins your night

Flying over at your head

Its those fists that I said

In the second line

(bridge)

What's a Mama making?

Blueberry Jam

What's a Papa making?

Lemonade

(chorus)

Shout 'Terry get the band'

And kiss the maid

Blueberry Jam and Lemonade

From the album 'Every Man Has His Critics'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/every-man-has-his-critics

Tokyo

 

Tokyo

Written by Scott Wainwright

All the bright lights

All the loose ends

All the sleepless nights

With your pretty friends

And I am left with doubts

No extended arms

Compassion never calls

No healing psalms

Through these thin walls

And I can't see a way out

(chorus)

Tokyo

How were we to know

She would stoop so low

Friend becomes foe

Here in Tokyo

All the silly risks

On a high ledge

Until the luck shifts

On a knife edge

And I cannot figure it out

No kind words

Mercy never waits

Love is never heard

From behind closed gates

And I cannot even shout

(chorus)

Tokyo

How were we to know

She would stoop so low

Friend becomes foe

Here in Tokyo

(bridge)

How did we all get

So careless, so arrogant

How did we all become

So heartless, unrepentant

From the album 'Indoor Fireworks (Demos)'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/track/tokyo-demo

Rolling Down The Road

 

Rolling Down The Road

Written by Scott Wainwright

Big dogs been hounding me

Black cats on my path

Big chains binding me

Trying to hold me back

I've been lost, I've been down and out

I've been low down on the ground

But I've got no doubt

I'm gonna get found

(chorus)

I've got to go go go

Man I've got go

I've got to go go go

Man, I've got to go

Got to keep on rolling

Down the road

I've got a broken mirror in the bathroom

Got a busted tire on the car

Better days are coming

Good news from afar

Got a broken tile on my roof

The rain keeps pouring in

I keep searching for the truth

The lies don't mean a thing

(chorus)

I've got to go go go

Man I've got go

I've got to go go go

Man, I've got to go

Got to keep on rolling

Down the road

From the album 'Indoor Fireworks (demos)'

available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/track/rolling-down-the-road-demo

Bring the Sunset

 

Bring the Sunset

Written by Scott Wainwright

All the troubles of the day are passed

I am weary now, let me rest

I knew the sorrows couldn't last

Your hand brings the sunset

When I had the mind to ask

For you to remember to forget

I knew my sin was in the past

Your hand brings the sunset

When I have the time to pass

I'll be sure to put the upset

Down beneath the green green grass

Your hand brings the sunset

From the album 'Whispers From A Kind River'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/whispers-from-a-kind-river

 

Don't Let It Get You Down

Written by Scott Wainwright

So you're back to square one

Going round the bend

Pulled down a peg or two

In need of a friend

What tomorrow will bring

Is an unknown, that's for sure

It could bring you more trouble

It could bring you the cure

But most of all, don't let it get you down

So you've gone to the dogs

Set off on the wrong foot

Pulled out all the stops

Stone cold out of luck

You've got to put it all behind you

You've got to lay it down to rest

Don't let sorrow bind you

Don't try to second guess

But most of all, don't let it get you down

From the album 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold'

Available here https://open.spotify.com/album/4SnQp2tzyrpQWub7aITgBt