Trampoline lyrics - The Clarks

It was never your face on the pictures I never had
There was never your place or mine, words I never said
Did he leave you hanging?
Did you make a real big scene?

I was never your lover and I’m not your trampoline

It was never your name on the postcards I never send
It was never our lives in a song that I never penned
Did you say I’ll show him
Who gets caught in between?

I was never your lover and I’m not your trampoline
Never your lover and I’m not your trampoline

You never place a call to a number you never had
There’ll never be a time we can say split it all in half
Did he bring you down?
Did he make you scream?

I was never your lover and I’m not your trampoline
Never your lover and I’m not your trampoline
Oh, I’m never your lover and I’m not your trampoline

Midnight Rose lyrics - The Clarks

They park the old coal cars on the inside track
Leave them there for awhile
And in the spring coriander grows
I walk the railroad ties to a secret place
Wait it out by the fire
And in the moonlit sky she glows

She’s pulling into town
But she’s leaving soon heading into the night
Whistle blows everybody knows
She’s on the move again
She’s climbing high I think I’m gonna try
To catch a ride on the Midnight Rose

They junk the rusting cars in the salvage yard
Leave them there for awhile
And in the summer the river slows
I drive the old dirt road to a secret place
Sleep it off through the night
But in the morning the blood still shows

They put the broken men on the edge of town
Leave them there for awhile
And in the winter a cold wind blows
I dig the last few feet the secret place
Leaving here tonight
And in the morning they’ll all know

She’s pulling into town
But she’s leaving soon heading into the night
Whistle blows everybody knows
She’s on the move again
She’s climbing high I think I’m gonna try
To catch a ride on the Midnight Rose
Catch a ride on the Midnight Rose

Soul And Skin lyrics - The Clarks

I just read your letter
That bled from your pen
Lest I forget I’ve been let go

I’m a long gone player
In this theatre of the absurd
We sang the score and kept the sour notes

It was a kick in the shins
To drag me through it again
You ripped a fault line into my soul and skin

If you get this message
I figured it out
You locked the door but won’t let it close

Just tossed your letter
In a ball on the floor
Next to the pissed in cat box on the dirty oak

It was a kick in the shins
To drag me through it again
You ripped a fault line into my soul and skin

It was a kick in the shins
To drag me through it again
You twist heel in the ground
To push me further down
You ripped a fault line into my soul and skin

Sunshine lyrics - The Clarks

I stand on a bridge on the west side of town
I watch them put up and I watch them knock down
The river below is frozen in time
Nothing left of the five and the dime
I couldn’t see it I was in the sunshine

Sit in a bar north end of the street
I get around on my bike and my feet
Grey sky above is frozen in time
Nothing left of the reason or rhyme
I couldn’t see it I was in the sunshine

I’m carrying time right out the door
Walked out on love gave up on the store
Guess I had a good life wish I’d known at the time
I couldn’t see it I was in the sunshine

I wake up alone I wake up the same
A little regret and some debt in my name
Pictures of you frozen in time
Nothing left of the love that was mine
I couldn’t see it I was in the sunshine

I’m carrying time right out the door
Walked out on love gave up on the store
Guess I had a good life wish I’d known at the time
I couldn’t see it I was in the sunshine

Come 'Round Here lyrics - The Clarks

Sherrie don’t come ‘round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
Sherrie don’t come ‘round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
Hooked up with a bad man at a good time
Said she ran into a door
Left her by a thread on a life line
And that’s the reason why she don’t come ‘round here no more

Huey don’t come ‘round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
Huey don’t come ‘round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
Heard he had a drink with some old friends
Turned into three then four
Kept on going straight around ‘round that old bend
That’s the reason why he don’t come ‘round here no more

It’s just a mix up it’s not your time
Do you want a second try?
It’s just prediction then fate collides
Not sure if I’m surprised

John don’t come round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
John he don’t come round here, don’t come ‘round here no more
Checked in a casino with a girlfriend
Did a line then did some more
Thought his heart could keep up like a young man
That’s the reason why he don’t come ‘round here no more

Restless Days lyrics - The Clarks

Sin and salvation walk hand in hand
Right past the jury to the promised land
And I’ve been in prison baby most of my days
Must be these reckless ways

God and creation roll side by side
They wave to the jury and the gates open wide
And I’ve been hard and ancient like dinosaur bones
Hiding under these stones

Restless days
Feel like I’m falling away
Restless nights
When you’re holding me tight
Restless world
I thank God for my girl
Restless days

My salvation runs hot and cold
I plead to the jury I know I borrowed I know I stole
And I’ve been trying your honor in so many ways
Must be these restless
I guess it’s these restless
I know it’s these restless days
Restless days

The Clowns lyrics - The Clarks

There’s a rusting religion with a broken converter
Parse the good book’s words justifying hate and murder

In a government lockbox everything gets lost
Like old grease on a sprocket
We sent Jack up the Hill to fix it all
He tumbled down with gold lined pockets

It’s going down right now
What do we do now?

Send in the clowns, the clowns
Run into the ground
When you send in the clowns

Winner at all cost on a soapbox
He spoke in doubletalk and riddles
Sounds so good I was in a spell
But while the town was burning he played the fiddle

I had a dream that I would come back
And what was stolen by the state had been replaced
And we’d replant love where there was loss
Then send the grifters a coup de grace

It’s going down right now
What do we do now?

Send in the clowns, the clowns
Run into the ground
When you send in the clowns

The Runaway lyrics - The Clarks

She swore by the deep long lines on her face cut like a badge of life
Worn by tracks and trials and alone somehow that didn’t seem right
Somehow that didn’t seem right

She lived for…
Sins of a better day
Girl you’re a runaway
Rode hard torn and frayed
When you’re a runaway

Stood for something and I stood too long I don’t know when to quit
Got a conscience on hold and the road reels me in I don’t know where I fit
I don’t know where I fit

She dreamed of
Sins of a better day
Girl you’re a runaway
Rode hard torn and frayed
When you’re a runaway

Face full of wind her mysteries survive I want to ride that wave
It keeps me running it keeps me high last words I heard her say

She drown in
Sins of a better day
Girl you’re a runaway
Rode hard torn and frayed
When you’re a runaway

In Between lyrics - The Clarks

Turns out everything is ok
But that’s not the way it’s always been
Time was everything bad outside
Was all in my head

Here comes the night here comes the rain
Here comes the morning in between to bring back the pain
Here comes the night here comes the rain
Here comes the morning in between to bring back the pain

Time was I used to stare at my feet
Counting up cracks getting up the nerve
I’m gonna whip this mess color over the lines
Spit off a bridge then kick up some dirt

I want to thank you for being ‘round
To scare away what brings me down
I want to feel your cool serenade
And if the clouds form again will you stay?

Here comes the night here comes the rain
Here comes the morning in between to bring back the pain
Here comes the night here comes the rain
Here comes the morning in between to bring back the pain

Turns out everything is alright
‘cause I see more than what’s inside me
When curses freeze my soul I keep in mind
Most of what’s real is what you believe

Here comes the night here comes the rain
Here comes the morning in between to bring back the pain
Here comes the night here comes the rain
And if the clouds form again will you stay

What A Wonderful World lyrics - The Clarks

I see trees of green, red roses, too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I say to myself what wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
Bright sunny days dark sacred nights
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow are so pretty in the skies
Are also on the faces of people walking by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do?
They're really saying I love you

I see babies cry I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world

"Fast Moving Cars" (2004)

Hell On Wheels lyrics - The Clarks

I've got the moon over my shoulder, I'm not a looking back
I've got the world in my headlights, and it just feels right
This stream of consciousness, no surprise
I can see when I close my eyes, tonight

I've got a Civic to my right, and he's starts talking smack
One thing I can't, ignore, is a punk like that
He's the devil I know or the devil I don't
Welcome to my dust and stones, goodbye

Hell on Wheels, free at last
When the road is your world, there's nothing like going fast
Hell on Wheels, free at last
What's left behind leaves one less thing to pass

There's a yearning and desire still burning in the back of my mind
I won't kiss away the best days of my life

Hell on wheels, free at last
When the radio fades, you'll know life's moving fast
Hell on wheels, free at last

I've got the moon over my shoulder, I'm not a looking back
I've got the world in my headlights, and it just feels right
There's a breeze that blows in through my hair
The colors in the desert air
Nothing in this world compares, tonight

Hell on wheels, free at last
When the road is your world, there's nothing like going fast
Hell on wheels, free at last
When you're making the rules, there's no way to finish last

Anymore lyrics - The Clarks

I gave my love everything
I tied an old glass heart to a ring
But she put it on a shelf
And I found it didn't help anything

I gave my love all the time
I tied a worn out dress to a rhyme
But she left it at the door
And I found it on the floor every time

And I won't be making love or taking love
or faking it no more
And I won't be breaking love forsaking love
or taking it no more

I gave my love every day
I took a dead end road and made a way
But she said it wouldn't work
And I found it in reverse anyway

And I won't be making love or taking love
or faking it no more
And I won't be breaking love forsaking love
or taking it no more
And I won't be knocking on love's door anymore
Someday I'm gonna turn it around I know I know

I gave my love everything
I took a tired song and made it sing
But she put it on a shelf
And I found it didn't help anything

And I won't be making love or taking love
or faking it no more
And I won't be breaking love forsaking love
or wasting it no more
And I won't be making love or taking love
or shaking it no more
And I won't be aching love for taking love from me
Anymore

Shimmy Low lyrics - The Clarks

I've been down this road ten times
I would run, I would hide
From the fears that ruled my mind
And so I asked this guy
We'll call him Oz, call him wise
He laughed and offered his advice

Get out of your black hole
Join life's circus sideshow

Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul
Want to walk on water, Gonna lose control
Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul
Gonna walk on water, Gonna lose control

I'd practice to believe
Fear is real, a disease
And hold myself against my knees
And if you lose your mind
Call the sun, then unwind
There's too much to leave behind

He said you ought to know
Life's on remote control...Got to...

Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul
Want to walk on water, Gonna lose control
Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul
Want to walk on water, Gonna lose control

Much to my surprise, I've been so high
I'll kiss the sky from this broken dream I'll rise

Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul
Want to walk on water, Gonna lose control

Got to Shimmy, shimmy low, Got to free my soul

Wait A Minute lyrics - The Clarks

Wait a minute can we stop the car right here
Can I take a picture here can I
Have a second just to take in all the sights
All the southern stars and northern lights
Wait a minute can we put aside the past
Can we make it something last for life

Say wrong say right tonight
Say wrong say right tonight

Wait a minute can you play that song again
It makes me think about a friend can I
Have a second can you take me back in time
Close my eyes and hear her voice her rhyme
Wait a minute can I say I'm sorry now
I admit I don't know how or why

Say wrong say right tonight
I need everything that you need
I breathe the same air that you breathe
Say wrong say right tonight
I need everything that you need
I breathe the same air that you breathe

And I've been wrong now for so long
I'm just trying to get it right