All songs written by Eric Ethan and published by Welfare House Publishing.
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Lyrics to Vine Street Melody
Vine Street Melody
Strays
Alright
Dedicated
When the Bottom Drops Away
Caught Up in the Moment
Rebel
What on Earth is Hollywood
Lyrics to Band in the Meadow
Band in the Meadow
Treeswing
Giver
Where I Lay
Good Morning Girl
Across the Sea
I'm Rich
Vine Street Melody
Copywritten 2008
Vine Street Melody
Baby What you wanna be,
Do you reallly want to be a star?
your high heels, your mini skirt
robbing you for all your worth
do you really want to bare it all?
it's just another day on Vine
mixed up with a little bit of wine
keeps me on another day trip
and everything is fine
waiting for the bus
get's kind of hard to discuss
what's been going on with us
it's just another day on Vine
Vine street melody
Hollywood's been good to me
it's such an easy way to live a lie
me, myself and I've got some things we want to try
hopefully you'll be there when we fly
it's just another day on Vine
mixed up with a little wine
keeps me on another day trip
and everything is fine
waiting for the bus
get's kind of hard to discuss what's been going on with us
it's just another day on Vine
In between the ocean and the sign
Furthest from the life she left behind
I've got to find a way to unwind
So, baby admit it, you did it
Tried it and now your committed
Write home and tell em you've seen life
You hide out in bars and you sweat it
The minute you've got to forget it
Get up and light up your red light
Cause it's a Vine Street Melody
Baby What you wanna be,
Do you reallly want to be a star?
your high heels, your mini skirt
robbing you for all your worth
do you really want to bare it all??
Strays
Copywritten 2008
Humbled little lost one
Your father ran away
Your mother's left to condescend a way
to raise a Stray
Your brother's in the corner holding on to memories
the other's just an infant isolated from disease
Humbled little lost one
Fall against the leaves
They catch you as you statue bottled insecurities
Outside in the front yard
You stare up at the trees
That looks as if they're gonna grow
Away from everything you know
Climb them and you just might escape
Sounds like your walls, they're falling down on you
so suddenly, it leaves you there in ruins
I can tell you're a stray, by the way you want to play
all on your own,
you don't want to be disowned.
Humbled little lost one
Your tears they're cold as ice
It's such an empty feeling when your forced
To sacrifice, last you ever saw him
He'd driven pain to your mother's eyes
The world to you, but little you knew
He's the devil in disguise
Humbled little lost one
Straying in the rain
You balance upon the rails along
Crack misguided lane
Outside in the freight yard
You're waiting for a train
That looks as if it's gonna roll
Away from everything you know
Climb in and you just might escape
Sounds like your walls they're falling down
On you, so suddenly, leaves you there in ruins
I can tell you're a stray,
by the way you want to
Play, all on your own,
you don't want to be disowned.
Alright
Copyright 2008
What's wrong with you girl
Why don't you want to leave
What's going on in your home
That makes you want to stay
Here with me
You look a bit worried
You act a little scared
I've seen this look on your face
Before darling when you first
Moved here
Everything is going to be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
You don't need to worry no more
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Baby
I can't take any more
Too many shoves to the floor
Tired of hiding in make-up and
Waking up sore
my face is all bruised and my body's misused
I didn't choose this fucked up abuse
hold me close, hold me tight
rock me all through the night
Sing me songs as I drift away
Sing me songs as I drift away
Everything is going to be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
You don't need to worry no more
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Baby
Here's a lullably, I'll sing to you tonight
To make you feel alright, please just feel alright
please just feel alright
Caught Up in the Moment
Copywritten 2008
Well you've got this incentive inside
I can tell by the look in your eyes
there's no use trying to run
there's no use trying to hide
and you know it's just a matter of time
before you feel your heart beating next to mine
open up to me won't you
give me eyes to see
my baby
we're caught up in the moment
and lost in between hope and
the urge that sends you spinning
right down to the bottom of it
I know you thought about it
and I'm not scared of falling as long
as it's with you
you want to lead me
love you want to lead me
home, you want to take me
tell me, how do you truly feel about it
when all has faded
all what we've created has long time
turn into wine and now it tastes like water
the sense of freedom is bleeding from every pore inside
the more you say that you want love the more you hide
in all the silence, love I feel an island
from freedom
you know that you run
we're caught up in the moment
and lost in between hope and
the urge that sends you spinning
right down to the bottom of it
I know you thought about it
and I'm not scared of falling as long
as it's with you
You want to lead me?
love, you want to lead me?
you want to lead me
love, you want to lead me?
you want to lead me,love
When the Bottom Drops Away
Copywritten 2008
This need to drive
This deep desire
I feel myself pushing forward all the time
These city lights
Fill streets with fire
Like a moth to a flame I'm drawn inside
But I don't know when to go and when to stay
I'll be there when the bottom drops away
When the walls all around they surround our fate
I'll be there when the bottom drops away
No the devil couldn't drag me down
No need to lie and wait for sorrow
She'll be there when the moment is just right
Give birth to life
and die tomorow
tragedy does it have to be is it part of why?
I'm there for you, you're there for me
We were brought together
and I'll be there when the bottom drops away
When the walls all around they surround our heaven
I'll be there when the bottom drops away
no the devil couldn't drag me
down
not with out us making a sound
one that would wake the gods from where they sleep
to come and rescue me and you
from what this devil plans to do
I'll be there when the bottom drops away
Dedicated
Copywritten 2008
I saw an angel today
She was watching me fall
watching me crawl
her eyes they never left me
I was sad and feeling fbrl of mysery
I had to take a glimpse
out of the corner of my eye
even though I believed
that she was just a lie
faith is only longing
for a reason why we die
even when we're dead
we'll never know the answer why
I stopped to turn around
because I cobrdn't take the pain
She opened up my arms
and then she began to sing
a song
that healed my heart
and down pored warm sweet rain
Oh I cobrd have sworn
she was dedicated
to the mounds and mounds of love
inside
that penetrated
to the depths of my sobr
when she's poring in the salt
inside my wounds
baby ooh you don't know what you do to me
And when she sings
it stings
right up to the point of madness
when she falls
I call to her in a cry of sadness
baby don't you know that I love you?
Baby dont you know that I need you?
Oh baby, baby love me
love you
love to be the one who saves you from me
I stopped to turn around
because I cobrdn't take the pain
She opened up my arms
and then she began to sing
a song
that healed my heart
and down pored warm sweet rain
Rebel
Copywritten 2008
Rebel, you are
Looking frigid with your blue guitar
Alright, your cool, I hope you never have to play the fool
I hope you never have to learn the hard way
Keep a'runnin just to dodge your dying day
Gotta get you what you need to get you feelin
Like you'll never ever have enough
You said you weren't but now your gonna
I don't even need to tell you that you're gonna go far
But you are
And when you get there gotta let us know just how it goes
You've gotta sing a song about the way we use to sing along
And I'll scream alright
Rebel, watch out, there's been a whole lotta blood suckers about
I've seen em walking up and down the street
The least suspecting people you'd expect to meet
Every now and then I hear that your insane
Well keep it up, because it's better then being plain
Everybody wants to be just like you
But they don't want to get dirty, hurt or fall into the mud
And I don't even need to tell you that you're gonna go far
But you are
And when you get there gotta let us know just how it goes
You've gotta sing a song about the way we use to sing along
And I'll scream alright
Feelin like you shobrd never felt so good
And that was understood
But a peace of mind can save your life at a given time
They never understood how you had no rbres
And you just got away, "she gotta away''
I say let her roam, let her roam, let her roam
And I don't even need to tell you that you're gonna go far
But you are
And when you get there gotta let us know just how it goes
You've gotta sing a song about the way we use to sing along
And I'll scream alright
What on Earth is Hollywood
What on earth is Hollywood, but a place inside my mind
A place I've never been, but always tried to find
And when I get to Hollywood, they'll open up the door
And I'll walk in, lights flashing in my eyes
While their screaming out my name
saying won't you turn my way
I'm sure that everything is just fine
With lights to share with fairy tales
golden dreams and plastic smiles
promises that run for miles
and it all was made for me
you'll see how it all was made for me
Way up there, lies my star, I just need to find a way to please her
maybe make her laugh
maybe make her cry
watch her wipe her teary eyes that fall down slowly, landing on my cheek
the taste is so sweet
the taste is so sweet
I try to humble myself but the taste is so sweet
the taste is so sweet
I try to humble myself
Band in the Meadow
Dance Child
Around the flame
Casting shadows that stand still
As stars descend
Sparks fly from every end
The world is a circus that circles again
and again and we spin
holding on to our skin
The end of the road leads us back where we came from
Jasmine was a fair madden
Her hair black as midnight
and soft as the moonlight
And Junes got me thinking only of her
Only we'd bathe in warm waters
Sleep by the creek with the ocean below
Wake to the sound of the band in the meadow
Singing ladadida
Dadidadidadida
ladadidadadida
Celebrate each moment
take that chance and make that dive
In the long run all
will cater to your true desire
High as the treetop climbs
And far away as the summer shines
You can hear the sound of the strummers strum
And you can hear the pound of the drummers drum
And the echo of the dreamer singing
songs to beats that they won't let go
Ah oh and I stand there waiting
For Jasmine to fall in love
And ah look she's contemplating
Ways that I could catch that girl
If only I follow her down
to the creek, by the edge
Where the water's pure
Know that we dance all night
know that we slept all day
We had our share of fun
And when done we listened to the band play
Treeswing
She was dancing around the treeswing
Draped in purple flowers
The moon was painted against her skin
I was walking down the dirt road
shrugging off my life large load
that's where I found my heroine
though we often contemplated
that the stars are under-rated
I guess we'll never know for sure
and I speak seven different languages so you understand
Underneath the treeswing
Is where my baby lies
We could dance forever underneath the summer skies
the moon it shines above us
and keeps us hypnotized
Where I Lay
How can I wake
when I've sank down to the bottom
of the ocean, where I lay
In the arms of devotion
Feeding of the songs she sings to me
I drift in and out of heaven
When I breath, I believe
I'm in rhythm with her soul
Underneath the ocean I'm lost for her
And I scream aloud
I scream aloud, I scream for her
Tell me that you hear me when I call
Release me from her arms to rise above
I'm in love with all she's made of
sacred sea dove
wrapped around
what you've found to be your freedom
Sacred is the place where we both lay
As time and space moves on around
When I breath
I believe I'm in rhythm with her soul
Underneath the ocean I'm lost for her
And I scream aloud
I scream aloud
I scream for her
Tell me that you hear me when I call
Good Morning Girl
Good Morning Girl
You look so peaceful lying there
Open your eyes, stretch from your slumber
Under your warm covers
Rise up with the sun
Or we can take all the time you want
Keep it in mind
I'm in no hurry to leave
All I love is lying here with you girl
Careless and sleeping next to you girl
My heaven is found
I wake from my dreams
just to feel you near me
and god knows all is well
Birds they're singing in the window seal outside our door
playing music for your sleepy dreams to dream some more
Girl when you wake up, I'll be by your side
to slide my hand over you girl
Careless and sleeping next to you girl
My heaven is found
I wake from my dreams
just to feel you near me
and god knows all is well
Across the Sea
Somewhere far across the sea
She is waiting there for me
My piece of heaven I long to hold
If only one of seven seas shall blow
And I wonder
I wonder when my sails reach her land
will we be walking hand in hand
Welcome home my soul struck lady
Welcome home my girl
Welcome home my soulful lady
Welcome home my world
Welcome home the sweet surrender
You brighten my world
Open up your love last forever
I will keep you strong
Somewhere far away
For you, I pray for you
Somewhere darling, far away
I hope and pray for you
I'm Rich
I'm Rich Baby
I'm Rich Baby
Rich as can be
I've got all the opportunity any man's ever seen
Wake up in the morning and eat the breakfast of kings
In my Hollywood Hills bungolow of my dreams
I'm rich baby, gold baby runs through my blood
It pores out of my body
and paints my world in love
I travel around to foreign distant lands
and I speak seven different languages so you understand
I'm rich baby,
rich baby,
rich as can be
And I want to live my life in perfect harmony
A lion I am
and a lion I'll be
as long as I have love
oh, I know that I'm free
to roam this world with you
All songs written and composed by Eric Ethan
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