Lyrics
3 AM
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonIt's 3 am and raining
A glass of whiskey in my hand
Look out through the window
I can't see a thing from where I stand
Not many places I could go to
Not many things I could do
So I'll just stand here by the window
And wait the whole night through
Still 3 am and raining
Some people just went by
On their way to some other place
To sleep, to drink, to die
But I'm still standing by the window
I light a cigarette
And think about old memories
Of things I can't forget
3 am still raining
The last bus driving through
The night man now gets tired
The demons are gone
And the sky will soon turn blue
The Bourbon Blues & The White Russian Waltz
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonThe gold colored stains on my pillowcase
The rings around my eyes and the lines in my face
And all I can do is drink my sorrows away
I've got the Bourbon Blues again
A half empty bottle of sweet sweet dreams
Of twisted reality, or so it seems
Even Jesus drank wine to smoothen his pain
I've got the Bourbon Blues again
A cry in the night is all that it takes
A liquid redeemer when my heart aches
Jesus sends a copper-skinned reverend
I've got the Bourbon Blues again
It's cold here outside the dark gates of hell
Ask any villain and he will tell
It's muddy, it's chilly, it's freezing he says
And the White Russian Waltz plays
Here madness is slowly taking its course
Liquid redemption in full force
The rings around my eyes and the lines in my face
And the White Russian Waltz plays
And the White Russian Waltz plays
Case Closed
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonSunday morning, september 10th
I'm writing 'cause I have found some faith
Not very much but it'll last a while
Nowadays I sometimes smile
Uuuh uh uuuh uh
Uuuh uh uuuh uh
Uuuh uh uuuh uh
Uh uh uh uh
Feels as though things might go my way
That everything will be ok
I've stopped looking for some kind of sign
Now don't you worry, I'll be fine
Honestly, I'm doing good
Yeah I'm not slipping oh but if I should
Please check in on me from time to time
Maybe call me or write a line
Well I needed to get this said
To get it all out of my head
To tell you now I'm not so lost
And let you know this case is closed
Farewell (A Humble Speeche in My Defence)
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonMy eyes are getting dim, I can't see clear
Something has changed and it ain't the same
I don't know when it happened, I don't know why
I guess I'm being punished for my rolls of the dye
If this is purgatory, I won't make it to paradise
I'm a damned man with a price on my head
My life is rented on limited time
The clock strikes three and four and five
At six o'clock they're gonna come for I
Outlived my right to breathe the air
Farewell
I always wished for to be crucified
But metal boots keep me down in the ocean side
I figure I'll never reach the shore
Sorrows seem to pile up more and more
And everything I do seems unnecessary
This is just a humble speech in my defense
Farewell
Farewell
Farewell
Farewell
Gonna Make Her Miss Me
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonShe' s saying she's leaving
That she might not return
I thought she had changed
But I guess she never learned
She's dreaming of something
I'm not sure of what
Something about change
Something about not being stuck
And I'm gonna make her miss me yeah
Gonna make her miss me yeah
One of these days she'll miss me yeah
Gonna make her miss me
She's talking about Australia
About moving to L.A.
But I'm nowhere in that picture
So I guess that I'll just stay
I think she already lives there
I'm not even on the plane
She is where the sun shines
She's where there is no rain
She's saying she is leaving
And she will, I have no doubt
And I am left here wondering
What was that all about
Highway 8
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonI packed my suitcase, locked the door
Laid my guitar on the backseat floor
She won't be around no more
And I'm heading for the great wellknown
The radio says there will be a storm
It always starts raining when I leave home
I'm on highway 8
Highway 8
Highway 8
Highway 8
I'm a man trying to race time
Chasing the horizon making 'em mine
Past burning fields under setting suns
Like a fugitive on the run
I've not met a car for an hour now
But far ahead I see the headlights glow
The highway sleeps as I'm driving north
I'm getting tired but I'm moving forth
Past wellknown places, I know this road
The fields are quiet, the night is cold
I see my hometown come in sight
The highway's bleeding another night
I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You
Lyrics and Music by Tom Waits, published by BMG Music ManagementI hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue
Well the music plays and you display
Your heart for me to see
I had a beer and now I hear you
Calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
Now the room is crowded, there's people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown
He'll take that frown and break it
Before the evening's gone away
I think that we could make it
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
Well the night does funny things inside a man
These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand
I turn around to look at you
You light a cigarette
I wish I had the guts to bum one
But we've never met
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
And I can see that you are lonesome just like me
And I'm feeling like you'd like some company
Well I turn around to look at you
And you look back at me
The guy you're with is up and split
The chair next to you's free
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me
Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout
I turn around to look at you
You're nowhere to be found
I search the place for your lost face
I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you
Issues
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonI've been staring in the mirror
Trying to see my face
There's nothing there but shadows
There's nothing there but lines
I've been watching my handwriting
Tried to read the words
They don't have any meaning
It's just papers and letters and ink
And it's breaking me up
And it's breaking me up
All too many thoughts and worries
Rambling on my mind
Got to get myself together
Before I go insane
I've recorded my voice for hours
Wanted to know what I've got to say
Cause no one ever listens
Cause I don't make any sense
I've walked a million light-years
Just to see where I'd end up
But I ain't getting anywhere
Cause I've never had a home
And it's breaking me up
And it's breaking me up
All too many thoughts and worries
Rambling on my mind
Got to get myself together
Before I go insane
It's All Been Done Before
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonLate at night loneliness gets hard
At the same ol' table, the same ol' bar
You know I try to keep out of harm
But I need someone to keep me warm
Light your candles right on love
Yes I know it's the worst idea
With barbwire surrounding me
But tonight only you can set me free
How come hell tastes so heavenly?
Light your candles right on
Light your candles right on love
Reaching for my cellphone
Dialing the number I know I shouldn't call
This time at night I need it more
And it's all been done before
It's all been done before
In candle light we commit our sin
Die a little when you let me in
A candle is burning away our doubts
So easy to light, so hard to put out
Light your candles right on love
The dark of night keeps us company
Your dark spell reigns over me
Every time those candles burn
We fall again and we never learn
Light your candles right on
Light your candles right on love
Reaching for my cellphone
Dialing the number I know I shouldn't call
This time at night I need it more
And it's all been done before
It's all been done before
The Sound of a Heart Breaking
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonThis is not a desperate call
I don't do those no more
Not some depressive movie scene
An empty bottle on the TV screen
Oh, hear the silence scream
The crushing of glass and porcelain
Not sure the pieces fit
In all this shit, can't glue together it
And this is the sound of a heart breaking
Oh, here comes the trembling
The panicking again
The sum of fears from my bad dreams
Wounds that always bleed, breaking seams
Through all repression
Depression, loss and greed
And still I feel the trembling
By my reckoning it won't match my sin
And this is the sound of a heart breaking
And it ain't gonna stop anytime soon
No it's not gonna stop anytime soon
This is the sound of a heart breaking
A ticking bomb that I've got pinned
To my chin, the safety pin's still in
Won't be long before it blows
And no one knows and I suppose
No time to waste, no more distaste
The rescuing, I'm falling in
Trough the ice
No goodbyes
No lies
This is the sound of a heart breaking
Where The Wild Waters Flow
Lyrics and Music by Jonathan Isaksson, published by Jonathan IsakssonThe heavens are crying and the angels dance
Where sorrows come from no one understands
Where they're flying and why they came
Only God knows, who follows them
A place that I know
Where warm winds blow
One day I will go
To where the wild waters flow
The snow is falling on blooded ground
The roses are withering all around
Love was blind as it should
I would live if I only could
A place that I know
Where warm winds blow
One day I will go
To where the wild waters flow
You were mine and I was yours
Grow up, get old and burn
Wither then one summer's night
Wither then one summer's night
A place that I know
Where warm winds blow
One day I will go
To where the wild waters flow
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