Dedicated
©James A Daulton 2008

Last night I dreamt of you again
Like I do now all the time
Remembering when you were my friend
Remembering when you were mine
Last night I wrote that same letter in my head
The one that makes you understand
Then laid in the dark in my cold bed
Reminding myself that I’m a bad man
Last night I almost cried those tears
My soul’s too dry to spare at all
It’s always dark and dead in here
And there’s no one left to call

[Now I wouldn’t say life’s terrible
But distractions are too sweet
And I’d never say I lost it now
But I won’t deny defeat
I may not be the best in the world
But I was the best you’d ever meet
You shouldn’t change your life for me
But I’m something you should keep
Something you should keep]

Today I did something so great
Today would’ve made you smile
It would have erased all your hate
And rid you of your denial
Today I remembered how heaven felt
Then I got comfortable with hell
I made believe I was someone else
But my demons were my tell
Today all the pieces came together
And then smashed down to the ground
Like promises of that forever
Like the way you threw me down

[Now I wouldn’t say life’s terrible
But distractions are too sweet
And I’d never say I lost it now
But I won’t deny defeat
I may not be the best in the world
But I was the best you’d ever meet
You shouldn’t change your life for me
But I’m something you should keep
Something you should keep]

Tomorrow will be the same as the rest
And I’ll survive it or I’ll die
I’ll work so hard and do my best
Then for hours wonder why
Tomorrow I will sell my soul
To the devil if he asks
If he could fill my empty hole
If he could bring back my past
Tomorrow I will pray to end
Then collapse at the thought
I’ll rewrite that fucking letter I’ll never send
And I’ll never learn the lessons I’ve been taught

[Now I wouldn’t say life’s terrible
But distractions are too sweet
And I’d never say I lost it now
But I won’t deny defeat
I may not be the best in the world
But I was the best you’d ever meet
You shouldn’t change your life for me
But I’m something you should keep
Something you should keep]
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Like You Love Me
© James A Daulton 2008

You
You never felt my pain
You never felt my pain before
I
I always held your heart
I always held your heart for you
Love
Love keeps us alive
Love keeps us breathing and needing

Baby I’m not so good at hiding
Baby I’m not so good at lying
Lover hold me close, hold me dear
When I’m far, and when I’m near
Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me

God
God hasn’t talked to me
God hasn’t talked to me in a while
Life
Life’s been so hard
Life’s been so hard and I’m so young
Hurt
Hurt hits me bad
Hurt hits me hard and long and bad

Baby I’m not so good at hiding
Baby I’m not so good at lying
Lover hold me close, hold me dear
When I’m far, and when I’m near
Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me

Beautiful, this is me crying out
Beautiful, this is what my life’s about
Angel, come rescue me
I’m somewhere I don’t want to be
And you’re the only one, you’re the only one
Who knows the secret to my soul
You’re the only one, you’re the only one
Who knows the secret to my soul

Baby I’m not so good at hiding
Baby I’m not so good at lying
Lover hold me close, hold me dear
When I’m far, and when I’m near
Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me

Angel, come rescue me
I’m somewhere I don’t want to be
And you’re the only one, you’re the only one
Who knows the secret to my soul
You’re the only one, you’re the only one
Who knows the secret to my soul

Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me
Love me like you love me
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Figured Out
© James A Daulton 2008

I’s the loneliest letter
Hey, look there, we freeze
I don’t know any better
Hey, look there, we freeze, we freeze
Hey, look there, we freeze, we freeze
Could you be my savior
That’s just what I need
Please pardon my behavior
That’s just what I need, I need
That’s just what I need, I need
You see this all around me
I’m so sorry, I bleed
Everything you can see
I’m so sorry, I bleed, I bleed
I’m so sorry, I bleed, I bleed

So, Hey, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
Sorry, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
I’m so strong, yet so weak
What do they do with people like me
I’m so strong, yet so fucking weak
What do they do with people like me
Don’t go leaving me now
Cause you’re the only one I see

I pray sometimes at night
I get down on my knees
I beg life to end up right
I get down on my knees, my knees
I get down on my knees, my knees
What part of my soul don’t you know
I think you may be the key
Now there’s a hole down below
I think you may be the key, the key
I think you may be the key, the key
My soul screams for your touch
Listen to hearts, oh please
Love never asks us too much
Listen to hearts, oh please, oh please
Listen to hearts oh please, oh please

So, Hey, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
Sorry, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
I’m so strong, yet so weak
What do they do with people like me
I’m so strong, yet so fucking weak
What do they do with people like me
Don’t go leaving me now
Cause you’re the only one I see

This is all I have inside
What else could there be, there be
I never embellished, never lied
What else could there be, there be
What else could there be, there be
True words can shatter fear
In this I believe, I believe
At the end true will be here
In this I believe, I believe
In this I believe, I believe
One last thing to say
Love is what has to be, to be
Remember every day
Love is what has to be, to be
Love is what has to be, to be

So, Hey, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
Sorry, you figured me out now
Now, where do we go from here
I’m so strong, yet so weak
What do they do with people like me
I’m so strong, yet so fucking weak
What do they do with people like me
Don’t go leaving me now
Cause you’re the only one I see
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Like Life
© James A Daulton 2008

I hope when they make a movie about my life
In it you’re the one who plays my wife
And we have three kids with pretty names
Who are smart and nice and not ugly
I’ve been fucked up since the first grade
Got fat cause Sega’s the only sport I played
Peed my pants in the grade before
Teacher said Help!, I can’t swim
So I got from grades 0 to about 16
And Facebook apps say I wasn’t that mean
And if I went back to high school next year
I still wouldn’t be cool enough, no

[But, hey, they say aspire to
Things that really challenge you
But when everything comes easy
Hard’s a challenge just to find
That makes me sound like a douche bag
Honestly, life tends to just be bad
Close your eyes, shut your mouth
Love the one you love the most
You love the most]

At the age of 20 I have learned a lot
Like hey kids don’t you smoke that pot
Everything you’ve done till now is shit
And everything you do will still be
Nothing means nothing, no nothing at all
The more you make, the more you fall
You try so hard to control your life
And you find out at that you just suck
But don’t feel bad, no one can do that
Take it from me I’ve been skinny and fat
So that makes me a worldly man
Or at least someone with stretch marks

[But, hey, they say aspire to
Things that really challenge you
But when everything comes so easy
Hard’s a challenge just to find
That makes me sound like a douche bag
Honestly, life tends to just be bad
Close your eyes, shut your mouth
Love the one you love the most
You love the most]

If you feel compelled to just create
Chances are you’re probably too late
You know how hard it is to write a song
That doesn’t sound like a remix
My life advice would be just love hard
And I mean really really hard
Like a ten on the diamond scale
And that’s enough to cut you, fool
Just like life, half of this rhymes
And it’s sung in rhythmic time
The other half is all over the place
The other half is more like life

[But, hey, they say aspire to
Things that really challenge you
But when everything comes so easy
Hard’s a challenge just to find
That makes me sound like a douche bag
Honestly, life tends to just be bad
Close your eyes, shut your mouth
Love the one you love the most
You love the most]
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God Doesn’t Cry
©James A Daulton 2008

Tie me up with words
Cut me down with pain
Anything you do
My heart still feels the same
I don’t have no plan
No agenda in my mind
I just love your face
Your presence and your time
If I asked you for a gift
You could laugh at me instead
Just buy yourself a bow
And lay with me in bed
[God doesn’t cry for you
God doesn’t cry for me
God doesn’t want to look
God doesn’t want to see
What we’ve been doing here
What we’ve been doing now
God doesn’t understand
God doesn’t know how]
Don’t ever try to think
That I hate the way you are
I’ve always loved you so
Whether near or far
At times it has been hard
At times I’ve been so sad
We’ll always have those times
But I’ll never call them bad
I will not hurt you back
For that I feel no need
You can heal this wounded heart
Just as fast as you made it bleed
[God doesn’t cry for you
God doesn’t cry for me
God doesn’t want to look
God doesn’t want to see
What we’ve been doing here
What we’ve been doing now
God doesn’t understand
God doesn’t know how]
I’ll tell you how I feel
And you’ll get so much advice
Listen to them once
Then listen to me twice
Life is dark sometimes
Feeling plain fucked up
And we all reach the point
Where we’ve just had enough
I’ll be there for you
I won’t harbor any hate
God made you and I
You know that is our fate
[God doesn’t cry for you
God doesn’t cry for me
God doesn’t want to look
God doesn’t want to see
What we’ve been doing here
What we’ve been doing now
God doesn’t understand
God doesn’t know how]
God doesn’t cry for you
God doesn’t cry for me
God doesn’t cry for you
He doesn’t cry for me
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