“The War Outside” Lyrics

 1. Live A Little

Do you love me, baby

Or you just let me be

Like a record, baby

Collecting dust in its sleeve

We were young and steel

We will be old and brittle

We should live a little

We should live a little

If it makes you shiver,

Then it makes you feel

If it hurts a little

it must be real

We were young and steel

We will be old and brittle

We should live a little

We should live a little

Yeah you are my baby

Like it or not

I need you to save me

Like it was your job

Pull me a little bit closer

And never stop

If you love me, baby

Make me bleed

Please tell me

There’s something up your sleeve

We were young and steel

We will be old and brittle

We should live a little

We should live a little

2. Mystery To Me

Do you know what you’ve done to me

Yeah you won’t let me be

You’re a mystery

That belongs to me

And I could be a wanted man

Do you, do you understand

Why I recommend

You don’t take my hand

And we want each other

All the while love another

While the world keeps on turning to Spring

And flowers will bloom

And young lovers will swoon

While the world keeps on doing its thing

And you’ll remain

A mystery to me

Do I, Do I ask too much

To avoid a simple touch

Because it’s harder now

Than it ever was

3. What Have You Been Missing?

My phone should be ringing

My message machine should be blinking

And my heart shouldn’t be aching

Like it is

Like it is

Because the sun should be rising

Over that eastern horizon

And the rain shouldn’t be falling

Like it is

Like it is

So you can tell me

anything you please

Or you can make me

get down on my knees

Or you can ask me

any old question

Just call me

Just call me

So i can ask you

What have you been missing?

And my ship should be coming in

After so long out adrift

And the seas should be calming

Again

Again

Because my phone should be ringing

My message machine should be blinking

And my heart shouldn’t be racing

Like it is

Like it is

But my phone ain’t ringing, you see

You were supposed to leave me

Better than you found me

And my machine, it ain’t blinking

So call me, just call me

So I can ask you

What have you been missing?

4. That’s Me

It’s in my mind sometimes

When I go walking to feel alive

With powder in my head

And shoes full of lead

That’s me

Step up to the ledge, you said

Imagine yourself a one man bridge

A road for the dead

to keep moving ahead

Endlessly

But you should hold your tongue

If you got one, hon

Don’t waste your breath on this soldier’s son

Because I’m done hanging on

I won’t keep hanging on for long

And you’ll have to live with this

This precipice and this bottomless pit

And this one my bridge

Who won’t keep hanging on

I won’t keep hanging on for long

But it’s in my mind sometimes

When I go walking to feel alive

The things I said

They’re all in my head

That’s me

So I should just let go of this dust

If I could just muster the guts

But the things I said

They’re all in my head

That’s me

5. Do You?

Will you roll your windows down

If you see me

coming ‘round

Or is your heart still made of stone

Are you still

Alone

And do you love me, baby

Do you need me, baby

Do you still love me, baby

Like I love you

Oh, will you take my hand

If you see me

Again

Or will you slap my face

Like the last time

You left this place

And it’s strange to see you coming ‘round

Like some stranger just come into town

I look at you, you look at the ground

Like something’s going down

6. A Letter

I want to write you a letter

Because we let you down

Maybe one day you’ll do better

If it’s still around

And maybe one day you will read it

To you and yours

So they won’t be doomed to repeat it

Like some revolving door

Going ‘round

And ‘round again

Going ‘round

And ‘round again

I got this pen and this paper

And you, you’ve got your youth

But I know sooner or later

You’ll have to face the truth

That we let you down, son

Surely we could’ve done more

Than write about the dangers of

Some revolving door

7. City Lights

Did I see your face

Somewhere above the night

Or was it an illusion

From the rain caught in my eye

Another blackout dream

From another sleepless night

When I hate myself in the morning

You’ll be sleeping tight

Oh these city lights

Keep calling my name

Like a siren’s son

Calling out to sea

They remind me

That some thing’s never change

Least of all me

And it’s in this place

The lions dwell

Like the ocean’s tide

Reliable as hell

And if there’s such a thing

As the other side

It’s where you rest your eyes

From these city lights

8. Is The Road Calling Your Name?

Is the road calling your name

Will I ever see you again

Was I finish line to be crossed

A certificate for your wall

Who will you call

When you get lost out there alone

Who will you call

When you lose your direction home

Who will you call

When the sun gets in your eyes

Who will you call

Like a thousand steely knives

Will you put your foot to the ground

Let the wind blow your hair around

Will you sing for the top of your lungs

Like you did when we were young

9. The War Outside

We could make each other happy

If you stay a little bit longer

We could make each other feel free

If we sing a little bit louder

Because I can feel it coming down

There’s a shake coming beneath the ground

And the writing’s on all the wall

And I know we’ll be there to watch it fall

And I know

There’s a war outside

But tonight

Let them fight

Without you and I

I know

There’s a war outside

But tonight

Let them fight

Without you and I

We could make each other happy

If we just remember to breathe

Because there’s always tomorrow

Tonight, there’s you and me

Nobody fights like you and I

Nobody fights like you and I

Nobody fights like you and I

Nobody fights like you and I

10. Come On

You walk me home in the evening

To drink some wine

And ask me some questions

“Am I just wasting my time?”

So I take you out on the city

To call some friends we knew

When we were young a pretty

And living life like we had

nothing better to do

Oh, come on

Oh, come on

Oh, come on, come on, come on

The sky is falling

For everyone beneath the sun

Baby

So raise your head and come on

While you’re still young

Baby

The sky is falling

It’ll soon be gone for everyone

Baby

So raise your head and come on

We watch the sun come up in the morning

From a half conscious place

And you reminisce on

Simpler days

When I took you out on the city

To call some friends we knew

When we were young a pretty

And living life like we had

nothing better to do