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Welcome
01:11
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I could tell you of the time I was down
Gravel in my gut, spit in my eye
And then you came and you tore all my walls down
Ever since then, it’s you and I
She came up and said
If you need a place to rest your head
Honey, you can lay with me
And then she said
Welcome to the promised land, you’re
Welcome to the promised land
You’re dipping your toes, take a look around
Welcome to the promised land, you’re
Welcome to the promised land
If you don’t know who you are
You’ll figure it out
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2. |
Road Less Travelled
04:13
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I don’t think I’d believe you, even if it was the truth
There’s something in your eyes, the way you look
I just cannot take
And I don’t think that I know half the life that came before
Manipulating facts don’t make it right
This bed you have made
And all the time you could’ve tried to feed me anything but lies
You didn’t, no you just ran
So I’m calling you out now and I’ve gotta tell you how
I never expected anything else but for you to let me down
So I figured it out now, but secretly I thought somehow
You’d come and surprise me one day
But I know better now
There’s a fear that I get, just keeps running through my head
Keep thinking that I’m just the same, a hypocrite I’ve become
And all the times I could’ve lied
I rose above and testified
You didn’t, no you just ran
Please won’t you take me to the road that’s less travelled
‘Cos I’m feeling burned out from riding in this rough terrain
To the grass which is greener, ‘cos I just can’t seem to
Shake how I’m feeling, I’m tired of feeling this way
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3. |
Pariah
03:21
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See me, the Pariah standing in the firing line
I don’t need, don’t need no Messiah
Telling me that I’ll be fine
I can see blue skies, but for now I’ve gotta brave the rain
I see you, headed for me, nobody there to hold you back
This old play’s getting boring
Beat me till I’m blue and black
I can see sunshine, but for now I’ve gotta brave the storm
I’m more, more than just a number
I’ll take rain and turn it into thunder
Waiting for the moment to shine
I’ve spent days walking on the tightrope
Bloodstains all over my clothes
Waiting for the phoenix to rise
It’s coming up
See me, backed into a corner, should’ve read the warning signs
It’s like breathing under the water
It’s the same all the time
I’ll see the sunrise, but for now I’ve gotta brave the night
I’ve been down lying on the pavement
Fists clenched, looking for a saviour
Wipe the dirt right out of my eyes
It’s felt like my back’s against the ropes
Bloodstains all over my clothes
Waiting for the phoenix to rise
It’s coming up
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4. |
Princes and Paupers
03:11
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Why don’t you come closer?
Close enough that you can hear me whisper
I wish that we could get away together
To somewhere we can drown out all the noise
Of these princes treating us like paupers
Because they placed us
At the bottom of a pecking order
Who cares?
You know I don’t as long as you’re around
When we were 17, they brought us down and hung us out to dry
‘Cos we were so naïve
I said we should just leave it all, why don’t we just leave it all?
Surrounded by people wondering
Why I was invited to this house of suits and jackets
Who cares?
You know I don’t as long as you’re around
All these kings and queens
They bring us down and hang us out to dry
Let’s find some room to breathe
Let’s find some room to leave it all
Why don’t we just leave it all?
For another life, for another life
I said we should just leave it all
For another life, for another life
Looking back now I can see
I’m at my best when you’re with me
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5. |
Wicker Man
03:43
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I saw you riding shotgun, out with your brother’s best friend
Said you got a score to settle with the medicine man
Something in your face has changed, and I don’t understand it
Don’t you walk away
I used to know you better than the back of my hand
You spend your life burning fires in the night
Then you burn yourself out come the morning light
Worrying, I feel sickened to my skin
Praying that the telephone won’t ring, again
Is there someone watching over you?
Makes you question every little thing you do
There’s gotta be a better way to wrestle with the bogeyman
I know you’ve got a lot of fight
There’s every chance you’re gonna get this one life right
Don’t give up on yourself when it’s all in your hands
You spend your nights, trying to reach the highest heights
Then you burn yourself out with your appetite
I can’t get no rest, my heart beats through my chest
Loving you is torture at its best
Again, again
I saw you riding shotgun, you asked me if I wanna come along
But you don’t need me to help you burn another Wicker Man
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6. |
Cold Arms
04:16
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For god’s sake woman, won’t you throw your arms round me?
I wanna know how it feels to be loved
I’m scared that I’m becoming the man I never thought I’d be
Hell-bent on riding my luck
I would walk barefoot around you
If I didn’t think I’d cut myself
On eggshells, I’ve made up in my head
There’s a minefield that I’m running through
Hoping to get through to you
At night, I find myself in your cold arms instead
I never noticed the porch light on before
It creeps through my window, to my bedroom floor
It keeps me up, keeps me up and I can’t sleep
See I need the distraction constantly
My heart, my love is a mighty cross to bear
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I’ve spun the story a thousand times, the record’s getting old
I’m going down down down down down, maybe I’m wrong
I’m not the kicking and screaming type
My blood’s been boiling cold
I’ll bring this round round round round round,
Just gotta be strong
I always said I’d go down fighting, but lately I’ve lost my fight
I’m the author of my own misfortunes and I
I get the feeling that I’m a twenty-something tragedy
I’m just trying to cut my teeth, I just need more time
I get the feeling that I’m growing old disgracefully
If only I was seventeen again, I’d be fine
Instead of making excuses, should probably stop making mistakes
I’m going down down down down down, maybe I’m wrong
Drinking whiskey in hotel rooms, staying out till late
I’ll bring this round round round round round
Just gotta be strong, gotta be strong, I just gotta be strong
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8. |
Don't Cost a Thing
03:16
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There’s times when I’ve felt lonely
There’s times when I’ve felt scared
There’s times I’ve felt this world
Can be too much to bear
And I know there are people all across this land
Who sometimes just need a helping hand
So try a little kindness along the way
It don’t cost a thing
To try and make somebody’s day
It don’t cost a thing
There’s times when I don’t practise
All the worlds I preach
And I surround myself with darkness
So much that I can’t see
Yeah I know there are people less fortunate than I
So I’ll try, yeah I’ll try to sympathise
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9. |
Forgive Forget
04:42
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I didn’t come here to be sat down
I won’t be your beck and call every time you need me around
We don’t talk like we should
I can’t read between the lines though sometimes I, I wish I could
Now I’m standing in a crowded room
I can’t hear myself think
No, the voice inside my head won’t let me quit
Another sore resentment, I’m unlikely to forget
Let’s talk this through tonight
Forgive, forget
I’m so tired but I can’t sleep
And my eyes lids weigh a ton
My pounding heart is skipping beats
Pillow talks, unspoken words
No sleep at all, it don’t make sense to me
But I think it can’t get worse
Now I’m standing in a silent room
I can’t hear myself think
No, the voice inside my head won’t let me quit
Now I’m running through a graveyard
Just so I can feel alive
Forgive, forget, let’s talk this through tonight
I don’t like sleeping on my own
I hear each creek inside this home
No choice of words could make this right
Just come on home, forgive forget tonight
Forgive forget, forgive forget
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10. |
Gregory The Great
04:01
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Lately, I’ve been wasting time
Watching the world through solemn eyes
And what I see, it brings me down
Down to my knees, god help me now
I went searching for Saint Christopher, to find that he’s at home
Saint Valentine was sipping wine at the bar alone
And these patron saints don’t seem the same
As the ones we’ve always known
So god help me now, god help me now
If you’re listening, I’m waiting to be found
I need to see that there’s still hope
‘Cos I can’t breathe through clouds of smoke
Why do we hurt the ones we love?
We need to learn to rise above
Saint Lawrence lost his confidence, now he don’t laugh anymore
And Joan of Arc was in the dark, Isabella caused a war
And these patron saints don’t seem the same
As the ones we knew before
So god help me now, god help me now
If you’re listening, I’m waiting to be found
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11. |
Hard Times
03:33
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Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears
O, hard times come again no more
There’s a song, sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
O hard times come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty, and music light and gay
They’re frail forms fainting at the door
Though the voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
O, hard times come again no more
There’s a song, sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
O hard times come again no more
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Danny Gruff Manchester, UK
-Singer/Songwriter
-Welsh, Based in Manchester
-Likes
Springsteen, The Killers, Gaslight Anthem and long walks in the country
-Got loads of music out*
-*Not enough. So I'm releasing One New Tune a Week throughout 2021
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