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Foregone Conclusion
03:01
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I was standing on the corner, fumbling for a dime
I was trying to find a reason just to say I’m doing fine
When everyone around me, can’t seem to get things straight
For the foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
Well we’ve all been thinking lately that they’re gonna drop the bomb
Gonna take this new world order turn us back with no alarm
The clocks are always cursing that were running late
For the foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
Well my my hands are always tired, my back is always bent
They said there’d be a savior who was truly heaven sent
They give us all these options
They make it hard to choose
Even the clowns commence their crying ’til their makeup starts to run
When the wine is way past working say hello to kingdom come
But even God don’t want to love me, in my current state
Of that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
When everything is offered satisfaction guaranteed
Pretend to be happy gorge yourself on wealth and greed
You better hit the ground running boy there is no time to wait
For that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
My hands are always tired, my back is always bent
With a body made for working there’s no time for joy just yet
My eyes are fixed on glory, the end is coming soon
So stand up to be counted that’s what they always say
Keep your head down and keep working live to fight another day
Use your claws to try to crawl out from under all the weight
Of that foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
It’s just a foregone conclusion to our eternal fate
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2. |
Go My Way
04:18
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The train is slowing down upon the track
I thought I was right on time now I’m turning back
Just another day I’ve had all I can take
I push my limits hope I bend before I break
I wish that I could work a 9 to 5
Cause it’s a quarter past 7, not close to quitting time
And it’s harder here than it ever was before
My head might hit the pillow but my mind is out the door
So I wait, wait, wait for a sign
A little peace of mind, getting hard to find
And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day
Things will go my way, go my way
I heard them say that good things never last
But I’m holding you honey and we’re getting old real fast
So close the blinds and lock all of the doors
Though our thoughts are feeling heavy our feet never touch the floor
So I wait, wait, wait for a sign
Little peace of mind, getting hard to find
And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day
Things will go my way, go my way
So I wait, wait, wait for a sign
Little peace of mind, getting hard to find
And I’ll wait, wait, wait for the day
Things will go my way, go my way
Things will go my way, won’t you go my way
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Raise A Banner
03:32
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I wish a hero would come to save the day
Mine was gone on my birthday
Here comes a storm we just can’t stay
Lord please save our souls
I hear the rain it pounds on my front door
someone said son that less is more
but lately less is more than I can afford
and I’m probably just better off dead
I’ll raise a banner and make a toast
to your father, son and your holy ghost
while your kids run around with holes in their clothes
and you close all your compassion inside
A friend of mine, he said to me
happiness son, it will set you free
but freedom is something in which you must believe
So I’ll just keep my head down low
and raise a banner and make a toast
to your father, son and your holy ghost
while your kids run around with holes in their clothes
and you close all your compassion inside
So I will work my hands until they bleed
for a working man is bread from greed
greed is the measure of which you must succeed
and success it is never enough
So lets raise a banner and make a toast
to your father, son and your holy ghost
while your kids run around with holes in their clothes
and you close all your compassion inside
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4. |
I Can't Dance
03:04
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Wish you’d hold me closer, with bloodshot eyes just as heavy as the smoke in the air
I can’t stand one more day got to get the hell out of here
They say that heaven ain’t hard to find but I know I’ve been living in hell
I might as well give it one more shot, lord knows that only time will tell
That I can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
If I ain’t got you
The 5th of August still burns in my mind, to break me apart at the seams
Barely remember what happened that night almost felt like it was a dream
They say that lightning was the start of it all, Lord I swear I could feel the spark
I wasn’t sure if it was you or the storm, you could both light up the dark
But I can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
If I ain’t got you
I can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
If I ain’t got you
I can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
Can’t dance around the truth
If I ain’t got you
Wish you’d hold me closer, with bloodshot eyes just as heavy as the smoke in the air
I can’t stand one more day got to get the hell out of here
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I look different through your eyes
Just like a hobo who shakes his dice
I pray the outcome suits me fine
Tomorrow you’ll be mine
I look different through your eyes
You told me that you would not stay
I’m but a fool who is set in my ways
Like a child who gone astray
Looking for that the light of day
You said you would not stay
I look different through your eyes
Just like a hobo who shakes his dice
I pray the outcome suits me fine
Tomorrow you’ll be mine
I look different through your eyes
I still see you on the street
In all the faces that I’ll never meet
So I keep my head down towards my feet
Act like a man I’ll never be
When I see you on the street
Cause I look different through your eyes
Like a hobo who shakes his dice
I pray the outcome suits me fine
Tomorrow you’ll be mine
I look different through your eyes
Everyone I know, knows that I’m wrong
That I’m not strong enough to keep, to keep you from moving on
My head is such a mess
With all the voices that might suggest
That it’s time now to confess
You might just love me less
My head is such a mess
I look different through your eyes
Like a hobo who shakes his dice
I pray the outcome suits me fine
Tomorrow you’ll be mine
I look different through your eyes
I pray the outcome suits me fine
Tomorrow you’ll be mine
I look different through your eyes
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You're Still On My Mind
03:44
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I watched the city light fade to black
In the middle of a moment, I never could get back
There you stand in the corner of my mind
Like a rose meant for a lover you wilted away in time
The lower that I get it’s plain to see
All that’s left between us is just a memory
A memory’s just a picture with no frame
Once upon a time of how we never were the same
But you’re still on my mind
you’re still on my mind
I’ve learned to live without you
but you’re still on my mind
The magnolia wind, it blow again for you
Trees alive with summer time, autumn sneaking through
I can almost hear you singing through the breeze
So I turn around, to get let down, falling to my knees
But you’re still on my mind
you’re still on my mind
I’ve learned to live without you
but you’re still on my mind
But you’re still on my mind
you’re still on my mind
I’ve learned to live without you
but you’re still on my mind
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7. |
Lost All Company
03:57
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My Sarah stumbles softly as were headed toward the car
Four month to go ’til winter, she won’t ever see the fall
Had her arms wrapped around me as we made it down the stairs
Every step so calculated beneath the fading summer air
I never could imagine, I never dared to see
What happens to a loving heart that lost all company
It all came down so quickly, like the ticking of a clock
Like a dog might run for freedom when the door becomes unlocked
It was the early party of August, where we never see the rain
Carrying pain the weight of freight aboard a Norfolk passing train
I never could imagine, I never dared to see
What happens to a loving heart that lost all company
Now it’s the wrong half of November, where the ground will start to freeze
Took those men all they had to lay you down a couple feet
I never will remember, what the priest did say
It hard enough just to leave, so what’s the difference anyway
That I never could imagine, I never dared to see
What happens to a loving heart that lost all company
I never could imagine, but its easy now to see
What happens to a loving heart that lost all company
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Concrete Dreams
03:58
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I watch the lines that intersect
Where I’ve gone and haven’t been yet
Jumping fences, placing bets
It’s hard not to give a damn
My body aches with pains unknown
My feelings fade and my conscience grows
You may send me out into the great unknown
But I’m never far from here
If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near
Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear
I was twelve years old in the Pittsburgh sun
Where time unfurled with damage done
Me and my buddies we were on the run
From ghosts who yet to haunt us
When the news came down like a hammer drop
Our freedom stripped, innocence stopped
Were fewer now than we ever thought
Still searching for a reason
If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near
Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear
Now the fog it sits on the Allegheny side
As I watch the dusk turn into night
The dark can’t wait to see first light
In awe of all her beauty
Sometimes things aren’t what they seem
The city burns in a sunset gleam
Heads all full of concrete dreams
To heavy to take their chances
If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near
Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear
If fate should finally find me I hope to heaven she holds me near
Cut loose the chains that bind me and free my mind of hopeless fear
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9. |
Burn Out Easy
03:54
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I can’t sleep, my mind is running wild
Like a little baby child I squirm in my seat
My head is a mess, I’m full of all this stress
So I give a little less to everyone I meet
I search until I find a little peace of mind
I got these pills and these poisons help my heart to keep its time
Well I’m no fool I know what I must do, when the thoughts don’t make it through
It’s time to up and leave
That highway’s long, she sings a sinners song
Keeps me moving on from the people that I need
I hear my mother cry almost every time she’s hanging up the line
I’m nowhere within reach
I got to keep a moving for I know that if I stop
The buzzards start their swarming pick my bones of all I’ve got
Remember me as your ragged company
As If I were the memory that you’d always wanna be
So say so long, there’s no reason to prolong
The storm has come and gone, now the night is coming soon
I could apologize, at least a million times, but that look in your eyes
Is one that I can’t bare
So I’ll search for retribution from what I’ve done on my own
As your snakes they start to slither and your stare turns me to stone
Don’t follow me to where you want to be
Like a moth flocks to the flame
I’ll burn out easy
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10. |
Back Around
03:16
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Where do I go, I’m not much for this world
I got nothing to show so I’ll wait
I try to get by, I’m bought and I’m sold
At the blink of an eye I’m a clean slate
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back around
I thought I found love, so I gave it a chance
It’s a fool hearted drug it’s a long dance
Where do I go when my back’s on the ground?
Nothing but low it’s a slow down
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back around
The paint on the walls can’t cover the cracks
They always break through that’s the pay back
When the thrill of the night can’t hide all the pain
It will always break through always someday
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
Long way back around
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
It’s a long way back
Long way back around
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Zach Schmidt Nashville, Tennessee
An Americana singer-songwriter from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, now living in Nashville, Tennessee.
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