A PAWNSHOP LOVE AFFAIR lyrics
A PAWNSHOP LOVE AFFAIR
POOL OF LOVE
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 1998)
So far it’s been a winter I’d better call a fall
I built a wall of ice around my heart
Even at the break of the new year all I’d want was disappear
I couldn’t stay nor part
Hey hey hey hey
I’ve been uptight got strung so high I was the kind of guy I thought
You would never see
I’ve done you wrong pushed you aside I was so blind I couln’t see
All the time you were here
Hey hey hey hey
And if I ever fall I fall into a pool of love
Looking at the stars above I stare into your face
And if I ever fall I won’t drown no I will crawl
Back into your arms and all those funny things you say
Like “how are you today?”
Hey hey hey hey
Slow down I pull the car aside
The station’s closed but that’s alright
There’s no one here this time of night
Turn on the radio I hear a lady sing
And then I cry and drive along
Hey hey hey hey
ONLY LOVERS KNOW
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2003)
She had a kid he was married they were yearning to be free
Had a rendezvous at a motel room on Highway 63
He took a long hot shower she was sound asleep
And left her with a bittersweet future memory
Heartbroken barfly had a hard time getting over a love untrue
When she kissed him on the mouth it actually felt good
She let him to the door out on the street and took his hand
He shivvered as he felt her warm and soft breast
What lovers know lovers know alone
It may be for a moment the next it may be gone
Where lovers go only lovers know
It’s not that big a secret it’s just the way it goes
So long they’d been together nearly 14 years
They’d sit down on the couch have a nice cold beer
She pinched him they whispered she knew him getting hard
And just how good it felt right there from the start
What lovers truely know is when they get it when they don’t
Whether sad you are or happy when a real thing comes along
It may be for a moment the next it may be gone
It’s not that big a secret it’s just the way it goes
WHAT A SONG CAN DO
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 2001)
There’s a song on my radio at 15.02 I am listening to
Nothing really special just an ordinary tune
But something’s in the air now too
It’s a sound that I hear in my mind
But there’s a gate that just won’t let it through
Do you know what a song can do
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A little broken statue that couldn’t be glued suddenly meets the eye
Brings back a picture that’s oh so true
No longer can it be denied
It’s a feeling I know deep inside
This sensation here I never quite knew
Do you know what a song can do
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Now the cards are on the table what can I do
I ain’t feeling too good
For the first time in years I cried out the blues
I cried over you
Do you know what a song can do
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
CRY
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 1998)
She said we should be ending this before the night is through
But first let us lay down and kiss just like old couples do
I don’t know what’s good or bad I’m looking right inside
Am I happy or am I sad I’d like you to be mine
And it made you cry
This welcome kiss goodby
It made you cry
But it opened up your eye
I said I don’t believe it’s good to be closer now or kiss
We’ll be in a haze baby then I’ll be in a mist
It takes more than a gentle breeze to clear the air right now
Once again I’m waiting for the rain to pour on down
She said I don’t believe that there is trouble on the way
We’re tracking down old feelings but this old road is paved
With one too many heartaches to get somewhere anyhow
We’ve missed the point of no return we’re on a roundabout
PROMISE OF A BROKEN HEART
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 1999)
You say you want me I believe it’s true
What good is a lie if the truth will do
Many a good thing’s gone to waste
The best is mostly used
I could want you and I think I will
I’m all fed up but I hunger still
Many a good thing’s gone too far
The best is kept at heart
So are you really in for something deep
‘cause there’s just one promise I can keep
I’m telling you right from the start
A promise of a broken heart
I have been waiting but I made no move
For all I know I need no prove
Many a good thing I’ve seen begin
The best still kept within
Now I am really tired but I’m hyped up too
If I fall asleep will you see me through
Many a good thing’s taken me down
But the best is still around
And baby I’m not scared of you
But I don’t know what my heart will do
THE OTHER GUY
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2005)
If you ever see my dark side will you like me just as well
Yes I know you think it’s alright to keep a part all too yourself
A dirty mind is a joy forever
If you ever unexpectedly meet the darker part of me
One too many times neglected claiming its identity
Come see what’s mine
Or yours forever
Baby I no longer hide
I want you so bad but can I leave you with that other guy
Seeking thrills I’m doing hard times
Kissing sad girls till it hurts
Making up too clever songlines
Little lies too many words
I will write
Write them down forever
Baby I no longer hide
I want you so bad but can I leave you with that other guy
ENOUGH OF A BAD DAY
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 2001)
Let’s stay inside and lay our heads to rest
We’ll ease on wine, sometimes I think it’s best
To look away from things you just don’t have to face
It’s been enough of a bad day
I know this face I have seen it many a times
You have your ways of making bad lines rhyme
The way you twist and sing things you cannot say
It’s been enough of a bad day
It’s been enough of a bad day
I’ve seen how it begun
How it dragged on and on
And now I want to see the morning sun
This trouble came and it took so much of you
You’re not toom blame but now I’m troubled too
Can you believe that things don’t have to be this way
It’s been enough of a bad day
OPEN SKIES
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 1998)
Outside in my garden
There’s a sweet tiny sparrow
She’s rather busy
Seems her world became too narrow
Down here in my room
Lots of plants and a small tree
Have made her decide
That’s where she wants to be
It surely’s exciting
And it’s right before her eyes
She cleans up her wings
The next thing she flies
Now what is that substance
She’s bumping into
Looks like open skies
But won’t let her through
Now I have been watching her for an hour or two
On and off she went
It made me think of you
Just before you flew
And left the sky Broken Blue
BILLIE J.
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2004)
Who’s hiding in that little house way over there in town
That’s hiding all the secrets that forever can be found
Where common folks are growing up work breed and die
Answers lie within a truth or lie who knows why
You can read it in the bible or hear it on a bus
It’s all over the internet or maybe just because
Them brothers and them sisters gettin older younger now
Trying to dig it up or forever nail it down
What do say Billie J
Don’t you think it’s time we made a change
What do you say Billie J
Let’s step into the light today
You’re talking to a dog making love to a street cat
Staring at a goldfish it forgot where it just went
Stop eating all those cookies about to make you sick
Dr. Phil’s on the cable beware of all his tricks
What do say Billie J
Don’t you think it’s time we made a change
What do you say Billie J
Now the Eiffeltower’s just a day away
Paris at our feet what can I say
Let’s step into the light today
COUNTING THE HOURS
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2004)
You walked out this morning, left me in a shock
Returning a key to what's never been locked
Well that's what I thought of what it was like
That I'd let you in each and every time
You may have been clean girl, maybe too young
You had it all right there, much more from there on
But it gets so intense dear in this hard headed shell
‘till it leaks out uneven, not quite the intent
Now I look through a shield, there's a road up ahead
Whatever lays up there won't be what we had
Right now I just want you but I can't have you back
I'm counting the hours while years lay ahead
Right now I just want you but I can't have you back
I'm counting the hours while years lay ahead
I may take the blame girl but things can't be undone
It started out different and you sure didn't run
We danced we were flying on top of ourselves
Lord knows I've been tryin to hold on to your halve
Of what made us as one, we were so alike
You won't tell me no more now what I feel like inside
DADDY’S EYES
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, published by New Road Publishing, 2001)
Jeffrey and Mickey I miss you both
That’s what daddy wrote on a little note
Down by the schoolyard there’s a dustbin of stone it’s pasted on
This token of guilt and remorse
But those days are gone
They settled the cause
He should have cared long ago
Mama’s real proud of the kids
But when trouble begins
That’s where daddy comes in
She looks in the eyes of the boys and they’re his
And then there is this air that she knows all too well
Like somekinda spell
It’s somewhere in there
The boy she would love untill death
Is a man
The man that she left
It’s a man
A man deep in debt
Mr. and misses Redemsky built
A house out of trust right on top of Parrish Hill
Hearts full of hope but their heads full of sin
Then the devil walked inAnd took the young man by the hand
That’s where the money went
Supply and demand
He ended up deep into debt
DO ME RIGHT DO WRONG
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2001)
If you want to make it last love me when I’m dead
Boy I need a cigarette he said
If you want to let it flow dump me into sea
If there’s any unknown waste it’s long lost chemistry
Or hold me in your arms tonight
I’m lost between your thighs
Another day in hell will come to rest
In Paradise
This heart is gonna kill me in the end
This heart it’s gonna beat me and it’s in your hands
Baby it is big enough
Big enough to scare you off
Little does it take for you to break
For you to break it
If you want to make me fly put me on a silver bird
Kiss me ‘till I’m riding high don’t crash on me
If you want to make me come leave and start me off
If you want to do me right do wrong
Or hold me ‘till it’s quiet dear
I’m lost between your thighs
Another day in hell will come to rest
In Paradise
Put me on the morning train
From Nowhere Land to Judgement Day
This time it came and blew me all away
HOTEL
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2015)
The night porter is smiling I can’t believe my luck
When I hear a room is vacant even though I’m stuck
My devils are free done with hide and seek
They come as they please come to make a fool out of me
Or is it just that I don’t wanna face them
I’d better be sweet or man enough to embrace them
Just let ‘m go
Here’s a room that’s suited to crash or hang yourself
Or start some holy reading from the bible on the shelf
Devils come and go come searching for my soul
They’re digging a hole make themselves at home
Or is it just that I don’t wanna face them
I’d better be sweet or man enough to embrace them
Just let ‘m go
I may have found it… Elvis’ last hotel
Where broken hearted lovers sing or ring them bells
The angels pour me drinks and offer some more
Whatever’s in store I’ll show them the door
Or is it just that I don’t wanna face them
I’d better be sweet or man enough to embrace them
Just let ‘m go
JENNY AND FRANK
(w&m: BJ Baartmans, 2004)
The kitchen table’s cleared all the dishes done it’s free
To give his arms a hand to hold his head
Jenny’s pouring him a coffee smiles a little smile
Prettier than ever pretty lies
It used to be so bright
The sparkle in their eyes
Just about to take you by surprise
Now it’s gone with all its beauty and its grace
Gone and left a mark upon their face
And it’s been late again
Frank’s been on the road with some lady from the North
She sings and all the kings fall from their thrones
Though it’s been a blast temptation in the end
Nearly killed him hey it’s hard to deal with that
It’s quiet now he’s back
No words need to be said
She and him amongst the best of friends
Drink to a new life make sure they’ll be alright
Think that they could fall in love again